Natural selection is a mechanism that acts on individuals within a population. Which is a result of the process of natural selection?

The reproductive rate of the population decreases.

Genetic similarity within the population increases.

Organisms are better adapted to their environment.

Adverse changes to the environment become more frequent.

Determine if the following statement is true or false. if true, choose true. if false, choose the rewording that is true. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited together so that they always stay together. according to the law of independent assortment, offspring express a combination of their parents' traits. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for a characteristic split during meiosis and combine during fertilization. true according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited independently so that no two alleles stay together.

Apair of fruit flies reproduces and has 1,000 offspring. all 1,000 of the offspring have the alleles gg. what is the most likely combination of alleles for each parent

Explain how paleontologists use trilobite fossils as index fossils for various geologic time periods.