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____________________ is a mechanism for change in a population in which organisms with favorable variations live, reproduce, and pass on their favorable traits.

a. Mimicry
c. Independent assortment
b. Mutation
d. Natural selection

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the answer is d natural selection since this is a mechanism that causes "survival of the fittest" in which organisms adapted survive and reproduce more.
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Answer: Option d

Explanation:

Natural selection can be defined as the process by which organism adapt the better environment.

The best suited organism tend to survive by reproducing offspring. This process favors the organism that is selected by natural and the organism that do not survive in the changing environment dies.

Hence, the correct answer is option D

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