A small number of finches are removed randomly from the wild and placed in a protected bird area. They are given as much food as they need and have plenty of space. Why would natural selection not occur in this population?
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Because they do not have to adapt to any changes as they are not being hunted and do not have to fight for their survivial and therefore are able to cope with the genes that they have. no need to adapt so no different genes would be passed down
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Natural selection would not occur in this case because there is no competition for resources. Natural selection is Darwin's mechanistic explanation for evolution.
According to Darwin, nature (the environment) selects organisms with traits that allow them to survive in that particular environment.
Competition for resources (food, shelter, safety) is the driving force for the "natural selection" of expressed biological changes. Without that driving force, changes still occur, but none are "selected" over any other for propagation.
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