Which statement is true regarding the theory of natural selection? a. it states that organisms with beneficial characteristics are guaranteed to reproduce. b. it states that all organisms with harmful characteristics can't successfully reproduce. c. it states that organisms with beneficial traits have a better chance of surviving to reproductive age. d. it states that all genetic mutations will undergo selection, because all mutations become adaptations.

It states that organisms with beneficial traits have a better chance of surviving to reproductive age

Explanation:

Natural selection proposes that nature selects those organisms that are well adapted to the prevailing environmental conditions to survive and reach reproductive maturity with the favourable characteristics being passed to the offsprings. Those organisms that are poorly adapted die young, leaving no offspring and their characteristics are eventually eliminated from the population.