natural selection

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

From New York Times

It does not take millenniums for animal populations to be altered by natural selection, these cases show.

From New York Times

“This is just a process of natural selection and selecting viruses that are more contagious. All viruses want to do is reproduce themselves. The ones that do become the dominant virus,” he said.

From Seattle Times

“Those people might lose their jobs because of natural selection,” Mr. Fleiss said.

From New York Times

Although scientists can make some basic predictions about how a given plant species will diverge in nature, she added, such predictions “go out the window” when a natural selection process is driven by humans.

From New York Times