All of the following are components of Darwin's principle of natural selection EXCEPT that
A) new alleles are constantly produced through mutation.
B) populations exhibit great variation.
C) organisms produce more offspring than can be sustained by the environment.
D) over time, adaptive phenotypes increase in frequency within a population.
E) variation can be inherited.

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Darwin's principle of natural selection does not include the production of new alleles through mutation; it focuses on variation, inheritance, overproduction of offspring, and differential survival and reproduction.

All of the Following Are Components of Darwin's Principle of Natural