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Evolution — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYEvolution2 Marks
Question
Evolution is not a direct process, but a stochastic process, based on chance events in nature. Justify.
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Answer

Evolution is not a direct process. As environment changes the organisms are better adapted to changed environment are selected by nature. Therefore, it is termed as stochastic process.

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