Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of natural selection?
A) members of a population possess heritable variations
B) the population produces more offspring than the environment can support
C) individuals who have favorable traits survive and reproduce more than those individuals lacking such traits
D) people select which individuals breed and which ones do not
E) over multiple generations of reproducing, a larger proportion of the population will have those favorable traits and thus adaptation has occurred

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Natural selection is a process that occurs naturally and does not involve human intervention in the selection of breeding individuals. The individuals that survive and reproduce are selected by environmental factors, not by people.

Which of the Following Is NOT a Step in the Process