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Question
Answer the following question.
Explain ‘fitness of a species’’ as mentioned by Darwin.
Solution
‘Fitness of a species’’ according to Darwin means reproductive fitness. All organisms after reaching reproductive age have a varying degree of reproductive potential some organisms produce more offspring and some organisms produce only a few offspring. This phenomenon is also called as DIFFERENTIAL REPRODUCTION.
Hence the species which produces more offspring’sare selected by nature.
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