The Darwinian fitness of an organism is a measure of

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The Darwinian fitness of an organism is a measure of (A) its ability, relative to others in the population to pass its genes to the next generation (B) the number of offspring it produces (C) its lifespan (D) its physical vigour

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The factors of Darwinian theory are over production, limited food and space, struggle for existence, variations, survival of the fittest, inheritance of useful variations and formation of new species. The organisms with favourable variations would survive because they are fittest to face their surroundings, while unfits are destroyed.

Q. The Darwinian fitness of an organism is a measure of

its ability, relative to others in the population to pass its genes to the next generation

the number of offspring it produces

its lifespan

its physical vigour