Which definition most closely attributes the characteristics required to contribute to the evolution of a species?

a) Individual has a mutation and also engages in viable reproduction
b) Individual mates with an individual of a neighboring, but different species
c) Individual is able to and also engages in viable reproduction.
d) Individual has the same attributes as others and is able to fend of predators.

A) Individual has a mutation and also engages in viable reproduction

Explanation:

If an individual has a mutation and reproduces w/ another individual, there is a chance that the offspring will have that same mutation. If the offspring w/ the mutation reproduces, the mutation will be passed on throughout the species. Hope this helps!!

interphase

the period of cell growth when the cell synthesizes new molecules and organelles. the cell is not dividing and it constitutes the majority of the time spent in the cell cycle

prophase

changes occur in the nucleus and cytoplasm. the chromatin condenses to form structures (sister chromatids) visible with a light microscope and the mitotic spindle begins to form, but the nucleus is still in tact

prometaphase

the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores of the sister chromatids

metaphase

all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle

anaphase

begins when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles of the cell

telophase

the daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell

cytokinesis

the division of a cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. usually occurs during telophase during mitosis. this and mitosis make up to mitotic (m) phase of the cell cycle

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