Evolutionary Selection Vs Natural Selection

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Natural selection is one of the central mechanisms of evolutionary change and is the process responsible for the evolution of adaptive features. The term adaptation is the process by which populations of organisms evolve in such a way as to become better suited to their environments as advantageous traits become predominant. It is also how physical, physiological, and behavioral features that contribute to survival and reproduction arise over evolutionary time. Natural selection by itself is incapable of producing new traits. However, some new mutations will turn out to have beneficial effects in a particular environment and will contribute to a higher rate of reproductive success. Nonetheless, the process of adaptation is one in which beneficial

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