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Explain why variations are important to understanding change in a population over time?

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Evolution occurs by survival of the fittest.. there is selection for organisms that have higher fitness over organisms that have lower fitness. If there is no variation in a species, every organism would have the same fitness and no selection would occur, therefore evolution could not occur.
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