Natural selection
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title:
Natural selection
text:
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Charles Darwin popularised the term "natural selection", contrasting it with artificial selection, which is intentional, whereas natural selection is not. Variation of traits, both genotypic and phenotypic, exists within all populations of organisms. However, some tra
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Mechanism of evolution by differential survival and reproduction of individuals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection
date created:
2001-09-28T01:55:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T16:57:37Z
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