Multiple Choice
One constraint on what natural selection can achieve comes from the fact that it lacks foresight. This means that
A) traits that are beneficial in one environment are likely to be costly in another environment.
B) selection cannot adapt organisms perfectly to their surroundings because of physical constraints.
C) traits that increase the probability of higher fitness in the future are favored by selection.
D) selection favors changes that are immediately beneficial, not changes that may be useful sometime in the future.
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