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प्रश्न
What is reproductive fitness? Explain it with the help of an example.
उत्तर
Those who are a better fit in the environment leave more progeny than others. This is called reproductive fitness.
Example:
Oyster lays 60-80 million eggs in a single spawn. If all the eggs hatch and young ones survive, it will be a very huge number of oysters that will be formed on the earth. All of them do not survive only those who are fit in the environment can survive rest die.
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