Can someone explain to me how variation in a population increase its chance of survival?
With variation in a population, there are many diffferent alleles. For example, if a population of plants is exposed to a disease, the population will either die off completely or evolve to become imune to the disease. If there are only a couple of alleles in a population, they organisms are similar and will likely all die off. If a population is diverse and genticly variated, there is a chance that the plants can have a gene that will help make them immune. Variation helps organisms evolve,, and organisms evolve so they can better survive in their enviroment. Hope this helps.
