Question

In Darwin's natural selection theory, the survival of the most viable and adaptable species takes place during which process?

Options

• Genetic recombination during gamete formation

• The struggle for existence

• The founder effect in small populations

• undefined

Answer 1

Darwin's natural selection theory holds that only the most viable and adaptable species successfully survive the struggle for existence. The struggle for existence is the competitive process among organisms through which natural selection determines which forms persist.