Natural selection occurs when:. a. a factor in the environment alters the genetic information in DNA of all members of a species.
b. only when nonrandom mating occurs.
c. a new genetic variation occurs that allows individuals to have a reproductive and survival advantage.
d. when a small number of individuals of a population break away and form a new population.

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.