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2007-03-20 11:36:22 · 6 answers · asked by mrs wetwoth miller....someday xx 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Natural selection is one of the cornerstones of modern biology. The term was introduced by Charles Darwin in his groundbreaking 1859 book The Origin of Species,[1] by analogy with artificial selection, a process by which individuals with traits considered desirable by human breeders are systematically favored for reproduction. The concept of natural selection was originally developed in the absence of a theory of inheritance; the union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in molecular genetics is termed the modern evolutionary synthesis. Although other mechanisms of molecular evolution, such as the neutral theory advanced by Motoo Kimura, have been identified as important causes of genetic diversity, natural selection remains the single primary explanation for adaptive evolution.
Thus, his theory is all about natural selection and evolution. More info here:
Natural selection is the evolutionary process by which favorable traits that are heritable become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing organisms, and unfavorable traits that are heritable become less common. Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, such that individuals with favorable phenotypes are more likely to survive and reproduce than those with less favorable phenotypes. If these phenotypes have a genetic basis, then the genotype associated with the favorable phenotype will increase in frequency in the next generation. Over time, this passive process can result in adaptations which specialize organisms for particular ecological niches and in speciation events by which new species emerge.
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2007-03-20 15:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by MaggieSin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Theory of Evolution- all animals evolved over time, and the fittest ones survived.
2007-03-20 11:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theory of Evolution
2007-03-20 11:39:57 · answer #3 · answered by cheetahgrrl623 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
charles darwin's theory was natural selection. nature "selects" organisms with traits that can help survive and reproduce.
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he also believed evolution took place
2007-03-20 11:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by oh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
natural selection some species have a trait that gives them an advantage for survival for example camolague
2007-03-20 11:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theory of evolution - basically that humans evolved from apes
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2007-03-20 11:39:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋