Populations of organisms that exhibit a high degree of variation have a greater chance for survival than populations of organisms that show little variation. This statement is

Greater variation means a population is more likely to include individuals with traits that help them survive when conditions change or disease spreads. Those individuals can reproduce and pass on helpful traits, improving the population’s chances over time. This is usually true, though variation does not guarantee survival in every situation, so the best choice is “usually true.”

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