NEETZoologyEvolution
What does the limitation of natural resources lead to according to Darwin's theory?
Options
- AUnlimited growth of populations
- BNo competition among individuals
- CCompetition for resources
- DStability of all populations
Correct answer
C. Competition for resources
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 (in fact no two individuals are alike) even though they look superficially similar, most 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 th