Question

What is the relationship between mutation, natural selection, and adaptation?

Answer 1

Relationship between mutation, natural selection, and adaptation:

• A change that occurs in the sequence of an organism's DNA is mutation.

• Natural selection decides which mutations will live and which will not live when mutations occurs.

• Adaptation makes an individual to suit the environment indirectly with the help of the natural selection.

• Mutations are the raw materials for the Evolution process and they occur due to radiation which is a high energy source or because of the chemicals that are present in an environment.

• It can also occur suddenly when DNA replicates. When mutations occurs the decision of which mutations must or must not live is taken by Natural selection.

• It routes the process of evolution to integrate only those mutations that are good and remove those mutations that are bad into a species.

• Adaptation helps in making an individual suitable for the environment indirectly by Natural Selection process.