NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
What is the outcome of competition between individuals for limited resources?
Options
- AIncrease in genetic diversity
- BThe fittest individuals survive and reproduce
- CDecrease in birth rates
- DStabilization of population growth
Correct answer
B. The fittest individuals survive and reproduce
Step-by-step solution
No population of any species in nature has at its disposal unlimited resources to permit exponential growth. This leads to competition between individuals for limited resources . Eventually, the ‘fittest’ individual will survive and reproduce. The governments of many countries have also realized this fact and introduced various restraints with a view to limit human population growth. In nature, a given habitat has enough resources to support a maximum possible number, beyond which no further growth is possible. Let