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Natural selection is the gradual, non-random process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution. The term "natural selection" was popularized by Charles Darwin who intended it to be compared with artificial selection, what we now call selective breeding.
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- Related: Artificial selection, Co-evolution, Evolvability, Genomics of domestication, Mutation, Unit of selection, Universal Darwinism
| On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin www.literature.org/.../chapter-04.html - Web |
| Natural Selection Natural Selection www.wcer.wisc.edu/ncisla/muse/naturalselection/index.html - Web |
| Natural Selection Natural Selection evolution.berkeley.edu/.../topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=53 - Web |
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| T. Ryan Gregory: Understanding Natural Selection: ... T. Ryan Gregory: Understanding Natural Selection: Essential Concepts and Common Misconceptions www.springerlink.com/content/2331741806807x22/fulltext.html - Web |
