(BRAINLIEST QUESTION) Which statement best describes natural selection? Random assortment of genes results in better characteristics in the following generations

Some live and some die in each generation Only the largest and strongest survive

The most intelligent organisms in a population will evolve and form new characteristics

The best adapted individuals survive and reproduce, which passes their genes onto the next generation

(BRAINLIEST QUESTION) The modification of species over many generations by selecting individuals with the desired traits and intentionally mating those individuals together is called:

natural selection

artificial selection

directional selection

exponential growth