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Natural Selection

• Definition: The process of evolutionary adaptation in which the genotypes genetically best suited to survive and reproduce in a particular environment give rise to a disproportionate share of the offspring and so gradually increase the overall ability of the population to survive and reproduce in that environment.

  Source: Essential Genetics: A genomics perspective (2006) 4th Ed.