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Natural Selection

Learn about the process of natural selection, where individuals better adapted to their environment thrive. Discover how mutations can lead to new traits that impact survival. Explore the example of the Peppered Moth.

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Natural Selection

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  1. Natural Selection Page 63

  2. Natural Selection A process in which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than others. “Survival of the Fittest” Similar to the idea of selective breeding (like what we see with dogs)

  3. Charles Darwin Proposed the theory of Natural Selection in 1859

  4. Mutations Errors in DNA that typically occur when a cell divides- accidental and random! Sometimes, mutations produce a new trait Whether the trait is good or bad depends on the environment

  5. The Peppered Moth

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