Natural selection relies on genetic variation. in any population of beetles there are alleles for brown or green color. what happens to the genotype and the phenotype of the beetle population when there are distinct advantages and disadvantages due to color? can somebody order the steps for these during natural selection in this beetle population.

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Maci Cervantes

Biology

6 August, 01:29

Natural selection relies on genetic variation. in any population of beetles there are alleles for brown or green color. what happens to the genotype and the phenotype of the beetle population when there are distinct advantages and disadvantages due to color? can somebody order the steps for these during natural selection in this beetle population.

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Deanna Bryant · Answer 1

The advantageous color is selected for, so that genotype/phenotype will appear more often. (Though it is very rare for the other trait to disappear completely.)

Natural selection: organisms with the best traits survive and reproduce more often than other members of their population