Natural Selection (manuscript) — Natural Selection is a manuscript written by Charles Darwin, in which he presented his theory of natural selection and its role in biological evolution. He did not publish the work while he was alive, but wrote an abstract, titled On the Origin… … Wikipedia
natural selection — [n] Darwinism Darwinian theory, evolution, evolutionism, social Darwinism, survival of the fittest; concept 704 … New thesaurus
natural selection — n. in evolution, the process by which those individuals (of a species) with characters that help them to become adapted to their specific environment tend to leave more progeny and transmit their characters, while those less able to become… … English World dictionary
clonal selection theory — a modification of the natural selection theory (q.v.): there are in each adult several million clones of antibody producing cells, each programmed to make antibody of a single specificity and bearing cell surface receptors capable of reacting… … Medical dictionary
Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
natural selection — the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than… … Universalium
natural selection — noun a) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less… … Wiktionary
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection — is a book by R.A. Fisher. It was first published in 1930 by Clarendon. It is one of the most important books of the modern evolutionary synthesis and is commonly cited in biology books. Editions A second slightly revised edition was republished… … Wikipedia
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection — In population genetics, R. A. Fisher s fundamental theorem of natural selection was originally stated as:: The rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its genetic variance in fitness at that time. Fisher, R.A. (1930)… … Wikipedia
R/K selection theory — In ecology, r/K selection theory relates to the selection of traits which promote success in particular environments. The theory originates from work on island biogeography by the ecologists Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson [MacArthur, R. and… … Wikipedia
