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neo darwinism
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selective advantage
survival of fittest
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molecular drive
darwin award
counterselection
disruptive selection
neutralism
evolutionary psychology
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group selection
superweed
darwinian
cultigen
population genetics
artificial selection
sexual selection
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orthoplasy
antievolution
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law of jungle
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price equation
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evolutionism
baldwin effect
evolutionary theory
k selection
social darwinism
irreducible complexity
Definitions:
Noun
survival
survival of the fittest
natural selection
selection
Definition: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Definition: 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.