Only variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism will survive in a population. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Solution:

The statement holds true – only variations provide an advantage to individual organisms that will survive in a population. For example, variations that lead to the increase in heat resistance in bacteria are very useful for survival if they find themselves in an environment where there is a sudden increase in ambient temperature. This will determine the difference between life and death for the bacteria.