Multiple Choice
Williams combined the general concepts of ______ with Medawar's ______ to suggest a mechanism by which senescence can arise in a population in which genes are selected for reproductive success.
A) aging;declining force of natural selection
B) fecundity;disposable soma theory
C) pleiotropy;declining force of natural selection
D) natural selection;disposable soma theory
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