natural selection

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Because rats reproduce so prolifically, the invisible hand of natural selection becomes more noticeable.

From New York Times

"Ultimately, it's having a lot of virus circulating, mutating, and being subject to natural selection that is the biggest issue," Gregory said.

From Salon

They just know that natural selection — Darwinian evolution — is favoring the mutations for some reason.

From Washington Post

Life is probably going to always be affected by natural selection, it's going to have to metabolize, it's gonna have to reproduce.

From Salon

Its persistence suggests it continued to be favored by natural selection until recently—probably because the plague was endemic in Europe and Asia until the early 19th century.

From Science Magazine