English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Coined by British biologist Charles Darwin in 1859 in his work On the Origin of Species
Pronunciation [ edit ] natural selection uncountable
( evolutionary theory ) 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 favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
natural selection
Armenian: բնական ընտրություն ( bnakan əntrutʿyun )
Catalan: selecció natural f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 自然選擇 自然选择 ( zi6 jin4 syun2 zaak6 ) , 天擇 天择 ( tin1 zaak6 )
Mandarin: 自然選擇 (zh) , 自然选择 (zh) ( zìrán xuǎnzé ) , 天擇 (zh) , 天择 (zh) ( tiānzé )
Min Nan: 自然選擇 自然选择 ( chū-jiân soán-te̍k ) , 天擇 天择 ( thian-te̍k )
Czech: přírodní výběr m
Danish: naturlig selektion c
Dutch: natuurlijke selectie f
Esperanto: natura selektado
Finnish: luonnonvalinta (fi)
French: sélection naturelle (fr) f
Galician: selección natural f
German: natürliche Selektion (de) f natürliche Auslese (de) f natürliche Zuchtwahl f
Greek: φυσική επιλογή (el) f ( fysikí epilogí )
Hebrew: ברירה טבעית
Hindi: प्राकृतिक वरण m ( prākŕtik varaṇ )
Hungarian: természetes kiválasztódás
Icelandic: náttúruval n
Indonesian: seleksi alami (id)
Italian: selezione naturale f
Japanese: 自然選択 ( しぜんせんたく shizen-sentaku ) , 自然淘汰 ( しぜんとうた shizen-tōta )
Kazakh: қозғаушы сұрыпталу ( qozğawşı surıptalw )
Korean: 자연선택 ( jayeonseontaek ) , 자연도태 (ko) ( jayeondotae )
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