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Question
How did Darwin explain fitness of organisms?
Solution
Organisms struggle for food, space, and mate. As these become a limiting factor, competition exists among the members of the population. Darwin denoted struggle for existence in three ways.
The intra-specific struggle between the same species for food, space, and mate Inter-specific struggle with different species for food and space.
Struggle with the environment to cope with the climatic variations, flood, earthquakes, and drought, etc.
According to Darwin, nature is the most powerful selective force. He compared the origin of species by natural selection to a small isolated group. Darwin believed that the struggle for existence resulted in the survival of the fittest. Such organisms become better adapted to the changing environment.
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