natural selection
differential survival and reproduction of individuals in nature due to differences in phenotype; a key mechanism of evolution
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natural selection
Summary
natural selection ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,894 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- natural selection is credited with the discovery of Charles Darwin[2].
- natural selection is a type of biological selection[3].
- natural selection is part of evolution[4].
- natural selection's Commons category is recorded as Natural selection[5].
- natural selection is the opposite of supernatural selection[6].
- natural selection's has cause is recorded as biological competition[7].
- natural selection's has cause is recorded as genetic variation[8].
- natural selection's has cause is recorded as heredity[9].
- natural selection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Natural selection[10].
- natural selection's facet of is recorded as Darwinism[11].
- natural selection's facet of is recorded as modern evolutionary synthesis[12].
- natural selection's facet of is recorded as evolutionary biology[13].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
- natural selection's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
- natural selection's different from is recorded as selection[20].
- natural selection's different from is recorded as artificial selection[21].
- natural selection's studied by is recorded as evolutionary biology[22].
- natural selection's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
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Definition and Type
natural selection is a type of biological selection[3]. It is the opposite of supernatural selection[6].
Use and Application
natural selection is part of evolution[4].
Why It Matters
natural selection ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,894 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]