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natural selection
The principle that in nature those that are best able to adapt to their environment will survive & reproduce, while those that are less able will die without producing progeny that in turn reproduce & so forth.
General
genetics
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Darwin C
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of
Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
John Murray, Albemarle Street. London. 1859
- Wikipedia: On the Origin of Species
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species