natural selection
Noun
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Noun
natural selection (uncountable)
- (evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.
- artificial selection
- sexual selection
- supernatural selection
- French: sélection naturelle
- German: natürliche Selektion, natürliche Auslese, natürliche Zuchtwahl
- Italian: selezione naturale
- Portuguese: seleção natural
- Russian: есте́ственный отбо́р
- Spanish: selección natural
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