Question

Only variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism will survive in a population. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

One cannot agree with this statement.

The statement is sometimes true that are exceptions, but in general, it is not always true.

With better environments, the organisms survive, and they multiply in numbers.

Again sometimes without the change of environment the organisms increase the population.

Therefore the statement cannot be said absolutely true.

Answer 2

Answer:

It's clear that only variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism will survive in a population. All variation does not necessarily provide an equal chance of survival to an organism in the environment. The chances of being survived is highly depend on the nature of variations.