Multiple choice

About how long does natural selection take to create advantageous traits in a population?

  1. 1 year

  2. 50 years (span of a lifetime)

  3. 100's of years (over many generations)

  4. 10,000 years
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Natural selection typically takes hundreds to thousands of years (spanning many generations) to significantly alter the traits of a multicellular population, as beneficial genetic mutations must slowly spread through reproduction.

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