Natural selection can only work on genetic variation that already exists. So mutation comes first, then natural selection.
Yes, natural selection can be observed directly in nature through examples such as changes in beak size of Galapagos finches in response to food availability or bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics due to overuse. These observations provide evidence of how specific traits can become more or less common in a population over time based on their impact on survival and reproduction.
Evolution, of course. Evolution can happen without natural selection in some cases; drift, flow. Generally though, natural selection causes evolution and then, by definition, would come first.
Natural selection predicts a gradualistic mode of evolution because it involves the gradual accumulation of advantageous traits in a population over time. Individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, leading to these traits becoming more common in subsequent generations. This gradual process of selection and accumulation of traits results in the slow and steady change observed in species over time.
The theory of natural selection became apparent through the work of Charles Darwin, who proposed it in his book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859. Darwin observed that within a population, individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, leading to the gradual accumulation of those traits in the population over time. This process of natural selection became a powerful explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.
Natural selection can only work on genetic variation that already exists. So mutation comes first, then natural selection.
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Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.
Both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently discovered natural selection.
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Adaptation does not allow for natural selection: natural selection causes adaptation.
Yes, natural selection can be observed directly in nature through examples such as changes in beak size of Galapagos finches in response to food availability or bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics due to overuse. These observations provide evidence of how specific traits can become more or less common in a population over time based on their impact on survival and reproduction.
On the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed unique species of birds, tortoises, finches, and marine iguanas. These observations contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
The prefix of natural selection is "natural" and the suffix is "-tion".
Evolution or natural selection.
that evolution happens by natural selection