Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

in evolutionary terms an organism's Darwinian fitness is measured by its __________________

  1. health

  2. stability in the face of environmental change

  3. contribution to the gene pool of the next generation

  4. genetic recombination
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Explanation

Darwinian fitness specifically measures an organism's reproductive success - how many viable offspring it produces that contribute genes to the next generation's gene pool. Health and environmental stability are factors that might influence fitness, but not the measure itself. Genetic recombination is a mechanism, not a fitness metric.

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