Natural Selection: Mechanism of Evolution
Explore Darwin's theory of natural selection, including variation, inheritance, selection pressure, and differential survival.
Key Questions
- Explain the four key principles of natural selection.
- Analyze how environmental selective pressures drive adaptive changes in populations.
- Predict the long-term evolutionary consequences of a sudden change in a species' habitat.
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