survival of the fittest
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Survival of the fittest is an evolutionary concept describing how individuals best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, thereby shaping the traits of future generations.
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| survival of the fittest canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Darwinian concept
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biological principle ⓘ evolutionary concept ⓘ natural selection metaphor ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
evolutionary change over generations
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populations of organisms ⓘ |
| basedOn |
differential reproductive success
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environmental pressures ⓘ variation in heritable traits ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Darwinism
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surface form:
Darwinian evolution
modern evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| clarifiedAs | survival and reproduction of the fittest genotypes ⓘ |
| clarifiedBy | Charles Darwin as equivalent to natural selection ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Herbert Spencer ⓘ |
| coinedIn | 1864 ⓘ |
| contextualizedBy | specific environmental conditions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | artificial selection ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | being a potentially misleading phrase ⓘ |
| dependsOn | match between traits and environment ⓘ |
| describes |
differential survival and reproduction of organisms
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how better-adapted individuals are more likely to reproduce ⓘ how better-adapted individuals are more likely to survive ⓘ how traits become more common in a population over generations ⓘ |
| doesNotMean | only the physically strongest survive ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn |
The Principles of Biology
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surface form:
Principles of Biology
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| formalizedIn | population genetics ⓘ |
| means | organisms with traits best suited to a given environment leave more offspring ⓘ |
| misinterpretedAs |
justification for social inequality
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support for Social Darwinism ⓘ |
| oftenExplainedUsing |
examples of antibiotic resistance in bacteria
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examples of camouflage and mimicry ⓘ examples of predator–prey interactions ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
inclusive fitness
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kin selection ⓘ sexual selection ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
adaptation
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evolution by natural selection ⓘ fitness in evolutionary biology ⓘ natural selection ⓘ |
| requires |
competition for limited resources
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heritable variation ⓘ overproduction of offspring ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
adaptation of populations to their environments
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change in allele frequencies in a population ⓘ |
| usedBy | Charles Darwin in later editions of On the Origin of Species ⓘ |
| usedIn |
evolutionary biology education
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popular science discussions of evolution ⓘ |
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On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type
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