natural selection
The random and heterogenous contribution of offspring to the next generation by various genetic types belonging to the same populations. See also: artificial selection.
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Natural selection-The natural process in which individuals best suited to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
natural selection The action of the environment on organisms such that those better able to survive environmental stress are more likely to survive and reproduce.
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discipline involving during its Linnean period the firm establishment of binomial nomenclature and acceptance of the static concept of fixity of the species, during its Darwinian period the dynamic concept of speciation by natural selection, ...
Native plants are the hardy results of natural selection. Evolving over thousands of years, they thrive and flourish in their regional habitats.
Darwin described the driving force for evolution as 'natural selection,' but in 1864, Herbert Spencer, drawing on and expanding Darwin's work, described the process as 'survival of the fittest.
Some plants are adapted to acidic or basic soils due to natural selection of species in these conditions. Rhododendrons and azaleas prefer soils with a pH of 4.5 to 6.0. Potatoes grow well in soils with pH <5.5.
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