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natural selection
differential survival and reproduction of individuals in nature due to differences in phenotype; a key mechanism of evolution
Details
- Subclass of
- biological selection
- Part of
- evolution
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- selection, artificial selection
- discoverer or inventor
- Charles Darwin
- has cause
- biological competition, genetic variation, heredity
- opposite of
- supernatural selection
- studied by
- evolutionary biology
- topic's main category
- Category:Natural selection
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- On the Origin of Species
- Fertilisation of Orchids
- Das Schlachtfeld der Natur oder der Kampf um’s Dasein
- Výběr
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Variation and Selection
- Přírodní výběr
- Čemu učí Darwin?
- Mimikry a příbuzné jevy: dějiny poznávání a výkladu vnějšího vzhledu živých organismů
- Science and Technology program for Italian junior high school
- Biology program for Italian high school
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