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What happens if everyone in a population reproduces maximally according to the paragraph?

Options

  1. AThe population size will grow linearly
  2. BThe population size will remain stable
  3. CThe population size will grow exponentially
  4. DThe population size will decrease

Correct answer

C. The population size will grow exponentially

Step-by-step solution

Natural selection is based on certain observations which are factual. For example, natural resources are limited, populations are stable in size except for seasonal fluctuation, members of a population vary in characteristics (infact no two individuals are alike) even though they look superficially similar, most of variations are inherited etc . The fact that theoretically population size will grow exponentially if everybody reproduced maximally (this fact can be seen in a growing bacterial population) and the fact

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