Meaning

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.

Translations

natürliche Selektion

natürliche Auslese

φυσική επιλογή

إنتقاء طبيعي

Zuchtwahl

natürliche Zuchtwahl

selection naturelle

natuurlijke selectie

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Charles Darwin in 1859 in his work On the Origin of Species.

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