Multiple Choice
Biological fitness is best defined as
A) a heritable trait that increases the match of an individual to its environment.
B) variability in the population for a trait that increases survival.
C) the ability of an individual to produce offspring that survive and reproduce, relative to other individuals in the population.
D) competition among individuals for resources that allow them to have more offspring.
E) similar reproductive success among individuals in a population.
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