An individual hydra is swept by an ocean current to an area of the ocean where no other hydras reside. The hydra asexually reproduces, as does its offspring, until there is a population of genetically identical hydra. Is it possible for this population to undergo natural selection?

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One of the conditions of natural selection is that the organisms that are genetically most suited to their environment - have the genes that will optimise their survival relative to other, genetically different members of the species - survive more often and pass on their genes more successfully by having more offspring.