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Biological Evolution – cont‘d
- Natural selection: - Favors those species for further survival and evolution that are best adapted to their environment  see English moth
 
- Population is evolving  ratio of different genetic types is changing and new types are created
- Darwin: - Evolution through random variations of heritable characteristics and natural selection
 
Notes:
Genes mutate. [gene: a hereditary unit] Individuals are selected. Populations evolve.