Why does natural selection only act on heritable variation? A. There is no way to pass environment or acquired characteristics to offspring, only genes. B. The environment and acquired characteristics will not affect populations, only individuals. C. Natural selection cannot act on heritable variation alone, it needs acquired characteristics. D. Heritable variation is the only thing that determines an organism's fitness.
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