natural selection in Catalan
natural selection in Catalan is selecció natural — natural selection means the process by which living things with traits better suited to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring, so that those traits become more common in later generations.
natural selection in Catalan
selecció natural
(evolutionary theory) 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.
What does "natural selection" mean?
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noun The process by which living things with traits better suited to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring, so that those traits become more common in later generations.
"Natural selection favoured the moths whose colouring hid them on soot-darkened bark."
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natural selection in a sentence
- Natural selection favoured the moths whose colouring hid them on soot-darkened bark.
- Antibiotic resistance spreads through natural selection.
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What is "natural selection" in Catalan?
"natural selection" in Catalan is selecció natural. natural selection means: The process by which living things with traits better suited to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring, so that those traits become more common in later generations.
How do you use "natural selection" in a sentence?
Example: "Natural selection favoured the moths whose colouring hid them on soot-darkened bark." In Catalan, "natural selection" is selecció natural.
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