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Define Natural Selection

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Natural selection is the process in which those organisms whose genes have given them a selective advantage, (positive selection pressure) are more likely to survive, reduce and pass their genes on the next generation
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  • Darwin in his 'Natural Selection Theory' did not believe in any role of which one of the following in organic evolution?

    A
    Discontinuous variations
    B
    Parasites and predators as natural enemies
    C
    survival of the fittest
    D
    struggle for existence

  • Darwin in his 'Natural Selection Theory' did not believe in any role of which one of the following in organic evolution?

    A
    Discontinuous variations
    B
    Parasites and predators as natural enemies
    C
    survival of the fittest
    D
    struggle for existence

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