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What role does competition play in the development of adaptations over time?

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Answer: The individuals compete for limited resources, and those individuals that are better suited to competition are also better able to survive and reproduce. If heritable, those traits that improved competitive ability will be passed to offspring, and will thus become more common in future generations.

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