Natural selection acts upon the ____ to create microevolutionary change.
A) alleles in the gene pool of a population
B) genotypic frequencies of a population
C) alleles of an individual organism
D) allele frequencies in a population
E) phenotype of an individual organism

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Natural selection acts on the phenotype of an individual organism, as it is the expressed traits that interact with the environment, leading to differential survival and reproduction. This, in turn, affects allele frequencies in a population over time, resulting in microevolutionary change.

Natural Selection Acts Upon the ____ to Create Microevolutionary Change