The evolutionary theory, originally proposed by Darwin, of the preferential survival and reproduction of organisms better adapted to their…
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| 释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > selection (10) natural selection1842 The evolutionary theory, originally proposed by Darwin, of the preferential survival and reproduction of organisms better adapted to their… selection1857 Hence in Biology, used by C. Darwin (Origin of Species, 1859) and subsequent writers, to designate any process, whether artificial or natural… survival of the fittest1864 survival of the fittest (Biology): a phrase used to describe the process of natural selection (natural selection, n.), expressing the fact that those… selection value1892 value (of a variation or peculiarity) as affecting natural selection. organic selection1896 a theory emphasizing the role of adaptive non-hereditary phenotypic or ontogenetic variations (esp. those affecting the behaviour of an individual… post-selection1896 Selection (originally, natural selection) occurring at a later time or subsequent to another process. orthoselection1907 Natural selection operating in one direction continuously over a relatively long period of time. Cf. orthogenesis, n. survival value1912 the property of any heritable or other character that renders the individuals possessing it more likely to survive and reproduce; also transferred… kin selection1964 a form of natural selection in which characteristics that may be disadvantageous to an individual, such as sterility in worker insects or… r selection1967 natural selection under conditions that favour the reproductive strategy of producing numerous offspring of which only a small number survive to… |
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