Chapter 20, Problem 3IQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: The evolutionary change in body size when the number of eggs laid per day was not affected by body size.

Introduction: The process of evolution, in which genetic material becomes changed overtime due to some alteration in the gene, is referred to as the evolutionary changes. These changes are characterized by the phenomenon of survival of the fittest. The fitness of organisms is defined as the combination of survival, the process of mating, and the number of progenies produced in a single mating.