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a. relative fitness because the molecular adaptations in chlorophyll pigments have passed to the next generation
b. innate variability because plants have evolved molecular differences to environmental stimuli
c. unselective adaptation because plants have evolved molecular differences to adapt to different wavelengths of light
d. inclusive fitness because differences in chlorophyll pigments increase the proliferation of beneficial traits in the population
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