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Compare And Contrast The Evolution Of Phenotypes

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Evolution is the process of genetic change in a population over generations. Natural selection, an agent of evolutionary change, is differential reproduction based on genetic constitution. Natural selection results in adaptation and acts on phenotype, which is the expression of genotype due to environmental effects. An adapted individual is one that is well adjusted to succeed in its environment. In this case, success is reaching the age at which that individual can reproduce. If an individual is not well adapted, it dies before reproduction. This is differential reproduction, where the successful individuals reproduce more, resulting in a population with a well adapted genotype. Though phenotype is effected by the environment, it is genotype
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