which of these individuals would be the most successful from an evolutionary standpoint. a. an organism that dies after 5 days of life but leaves 10 offsprings, all of whom survive and produce. b. a reproductively sterile individual who never falls ill. c. a male who mates with 20 females and fathers 1 offspring. d. an organism that lives 100 years and leaves 2 offspring, both of worm survive to reproduce.
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