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Why are only inherited traits,not acquired ones,necessary for the process of natural selection?
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Why are only inherited traits,not acquired ones,necessary for the process of natural selection?

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Aquired traits arent passed onto offspring and natural selection takes place over a long period of time over many generations so only genetic traits can change over a period of time whereas aquired traits, eg a lost limb, are random and one off
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