natural selection
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- 3. the act or process of selecting : the state of being selected. : one that is selected : choice. also : a collection of selected things.
- 5. a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits
- 6. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
- 7. the activity or condition of competing
- 8. Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
- 9. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
- 10. the action or process of mutating
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- 1. Biological fitness, also called Darwinian fitness, means the ability to survive to reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring.
- 2. the stopping or inhibition of something, such as a secretion, excretion, normal discharge, or other function.
- 4. a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species