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Class 10 Science Biology Heredity and Evolution

The unit of natural selection is

(a)

Family

(b)

Species

(c)

Individual

(d)

Population

Correct answer: (c)

Solution: Natural selection is gradual, a nonrandom process by which biological traits become either more or less common.The term was popularised by Charles Darwin. The unit of natural selection is individual since genes work at an individual level.

So, the correct answer is option C.

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