Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer:
1. Darwinism accounts for the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest
2. Natural selection is able to explain the existence of some structures in plants and animals which are not helpful in their survival
3. Darwinism explains the struggle amongst young individuals as well as its influence upon adult characteristics
4. Variations, that occur at random, can never be of the utmost importance and can not explain the production of highly organised and specialised structures
A. Only 2 and 4 are true
B. Only 1 and 3 are true
C. Only 1 and 4 are true
D. Only 3 and 4 are true
Answer: Option C
Related Questions on Gentics and Evoloution
A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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