Choose ALL of the correct answers. Which of the following must be true in order for natural selection to occur?

Group of answer choices

There must be variation in traits in the population

The trait must cause the individual to evolve

The trait must have no other advantage in fitness

The trait must be for the good of the species

The trait must be heritable

The trait must advance the goal of evolution

For natural selection to occur, it is true that there must be genetic variation in the population.

Explanation:

According to evolution, natural selection implies the changes that occur in the genotype of a species, due to the effect of environmental factors, and which guarantee its survival through adaptive evolution.

For natural selection to occur, three fundamental conditions must exist:

A trait that can be inherited from one generation to another.

The trait is subject to variability between subjects of the same species.

Genetic variability can determine the possibility of reproductive success and survival.

Therefore, a necessary factor for natural selection to occur is that genetic variability exists in the population.

organisms that lack symmetry are called asymmetrical and belong to phylum porifera/sponges.

organisms with specialized stinging cells belong to phylum cnidaria. stinging cells are called cnidoblast cells.

cnidarians show two morphological forms : polyp (sessile) and medusa (mobile)

filter feeding is observed in porifera members.  

alternation of generation is observed in coelenterata or cnidaria. there is alternation of asexual polyp form and sexual medusoid form. it is also referred as metagenesis.