Question

Why is variation benificial to the species but not necessarily for an individual?explain with the help of a suitable example.

Answer 1

Variation is helpful to species so that they can enrich themselves but harmful for individual because newly evolved organism will be isolated

Answer 2

♤ A species include large no. Of individuals of same kind. All the organisms of a species have similar body design and well adapted to the place.

♤ If there is a variation arise from the individual it might not be beneficial to it, even this variation may lead to the death of the individual.

♤ but the variation may be beneficial if the species faces a drastically altered condition.

♤ In this condition the population may wiped out completely but of some variation are there few individual can survive and thus variation is beneficial for the species.