Natural Selection Flashcards
What are the five major points in darwin’s natural selection hypothesis
Genetic variation exists in populations
Organisms produce more offspring than can survive
The overproduction of offspring forces competition which is called struggle for existence
Natural selection
Species Alive today are descended with modification from ancestral species
What is artificial selection
Nature provides the variation and humans selected those variations they found useful
What is natural selection
Individuals with favorable variations have more fitness and are more likely to survive and pass those variations on to their offspring
Populations gradually change or evolve toward the favorable variations over time
What are adaptations
Any inherited trait that increases the chances of survival and reproduction of an organism