All of the following statements are part of Charles Darwin's concept of natural selection except
A)Slight inheritable variations within a population may make an individual significantly more or less likely to survive in its environment, and thus to reproduce.
B)Every organism has the potential to produce more offspring than the local environment can support.
C)Characteristics of organisms are inherited as genes on chromosomes.
D)Better adapted members of a species will survive and reproduce more successfully.
E)Most individuals in a species do not survive to reproduce.

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The concept of inheritance of characteristics as genes on chromosomes was not fully developed until after Darwin's time. Therefore, it was not part of his concept of natural selection.

All of the Following Statements Are Part of Charles Darwin's