In a large pasture, a landowner sprays herbicides to reduce the number of weeds. Although the herbicide kills many of the different types of weeds, one species develops resistance to the herbicide, continues to grow, and spreads throughout the pasture despite continuous applications of the herbicide. The following summer, the same landowner decides not to spray any herbicides for a two-year period. By the end of the summer dandelions are producing large seed heads. Some of the dandelions produce more than 200 seeds; however, other individuals that are resistant to the herbicide sprayed the previous year only produce 95 seeds. Within this population of dandelions, which are the fittest individuals?
Group of answer choices
The plants that produce the most seeds are the most fit because they will leave more offspring in the next generation.
Plants that are resistant to the herbicide are most fit because they will survive and reproduce more offspring when herbicide is applied in future years.
All individuals in the population are "fit" as long as they have enough offspring.
At least two more years of data are required before this question can be answered.