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Noun Concept
Categories: Evolutionary biology concepts, Use British English from January 2015, Metaphors, Natural selection, Survival
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survival  survival of the fittest  natural selection  selection  biological selection
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A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment WordNet 3.0
English:
album
genetics
evolution
evolutionary biology
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A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. Wikipedia
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. Wikipedia
Metaphor related to the biological theory of evolution. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Process by which individual organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce. Wikipedia Disambiguation
evolución Wikidata
Differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes. OmegaWiki
The process by which heritable traits that make it more likely for an organism to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in a population over successive generations. OmegaWiki
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. Wiktionary
Natural selection. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
natural process
concept
phenomenon
phrase
survival
PART OF
evolutionary biology
evolution
HAS KIND
survival
artificial selection
intragenomic conflict
sexual selection
directional selection
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Allee effect
Culture and Value
recent human evolution
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Otto's encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DIFFERENT FROM
artificial selection
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izbor
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Darwin
FACET OF
Darwinism
evolution
modern synthesis
HAS CAUSE
genetic variation
competition
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
survival
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
Wikipedia
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natural selection, survival of the fittest
Wikidata
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biological selection, natural selection, survival of the fittest
Wiktionary
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natural selection
OmegaWiki
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natural selection, selection
Wikipedia Redirections
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Competition of resources, Darwinian selection, Darwinian struggle, differential reproduction, ecological competitor, evolution by natural selection, evolutionary selection, evolutive pressure, exploitation competition, interference competition, natural enemies, Natural Select, Natural Selection, natural selection theory, Natural selections, naturally selected, Only the strongest survive., Pre-Darwinian evolution, Random-bred, selection (evolution), Selection of the fittest, struggle for life, Surival of the fittest, Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the fittest(album), theory of evolution by natural selection, theory of natural selection, Variation and selection, Variation and Selection, viability selection, Viable material
Wikidata Alias
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