Natural selection operates
A) directly on the genotype.
B) most strongly on traits that are acquired during an animal's lifetime.
C) on recessive alleles in heterozygous individuals
D) only on phenotype.

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Natural selection acts on phenotypes because those are the traits that are exposed to the environment and can influence an organism's survival and reproduction. The genotype indirectly influences natural selection through the phenotype it produces.

Natural Selection Operates