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organisms tend to have more offspring than can survive. why is this important from an evolutionary standpoint?
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organisms tend to have more offspring than can survive. why is this important from an evolutionary standpoint?

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Survival of the fittest. The strongest offspring will survive to adulthood and reproduce - their offspring will have stronger genes than prior generations. The weaker offspring will not live to adulthood and not produce offspring, therefore the weaker traits will die out with each generation
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