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True or False. In the context of evolution the term "fitness" refers to the strength or stamina of an organism.
False
In evolutionary terms, the term fitness means the capacity of an organism to survive, to reproduce, and fix its population. an organism with high fitness will be more adapted to the environment and will have maximum reproduction to produce and conserve its genes. Usually nature decides this fitness through natural selection according to the existing environmental conditions. Favorable mutations or variations are also important in determining the evolutionary fitness of an organism.