Microevolution Vs Environmental Study

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No, it does not make sense to categorize whether or not a specific genotype or phenotype is superior because it all depends in the environment that the organisms lives in. For instance one lizard might have its feet webbed for swimming and another might have its feet designed to run. If you were to put the one with its feet designed to run in a swamp it will not survive as well as the one who can swim. Selective environment is important for understanding survival, reproductive, and microevolution because if a certain population is not well adapted for the environment the reproductive success decreases and that population will go extinct until certain modifications within that population arise and the reproductive success of that specific organism

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