Some organisms, such as fish and mosquitoes, produce very large numbers of offspring. Why is producing a large number of offspring important for natural
selection?
O It increases the chance that enough individuals will survive to become adults and reproduce.
O It provides the offspring protection from predators because predators never attack a large
group of offspring.
O It helps to reduce the population sizes of other species by increasing competition for limited
resources within an environment.
O It minimizes genetic variation by increasing the number of individuals that are genetically
identical.