Natural Selection And Adaptation

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Adapting and evolving could be two simple words that define Natural Selection. In order for natural selection to work, it has to occur along with a bunch of other things. The process in which natural selection works is where organisms with favorable traits are more likely to reproduce. By doing this they pass on these traits to the next generation! Over time this process allows organisms to adapt to their environment, thus, making the favorable traits increase in population.

Genetic variation is vital, without it natural selection wouldn’t be able to occur. Genetic variation is important in evolution it’s what makes us all unique. Genetic variation in a population is derived from a wide assortment of genes and alleles. An allele is any

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