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Biodiversity
Term | Definition |
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artificial selection | the intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits |
natural selection | the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring |
evolution | the gradual development of something |
4 principles of natural selection #1 | 1. All populations of organisms, no matter how similar, will have genetic variations |
2nd principle of selection | 2. The environment creates obstacles that challenge the creation of new offspring. |
3rd principle of selection | 3. Individual organisms that are more suited for survival in their environment will produce more offspring than those that are not |
4th principle of selection | 4. Individual organisms will produce more offspring than their environment can support and these offspring will struggle for the right to keep living. |
adaptation | a characteristic that increases fitness |
fitness | the ability to survive and reproduce |