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Natural Selection and How It Drives Evolution
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Wren DriscollTeacher Tier
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Natural selection requires variation, heritability, and differential survival. Individuals with traits better suited to their environment reproduce more, passing those traits on. Over generations, advantageous traits become more common — this is how populations adapt, though it acts on individuals, not species.
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Dr. Webb
16 days agoQuick question: does this hold for the advanced case too, or just beginner?
Prof. Daniels Teacher
16 days agoAgreed — the step-by-step is what made it land for me too.
Jamal T.
16 days agoGreat breakdown. I'd been fuzzy on this exact point for weeks.