Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134093413
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Introduction: The natural selection is a process in which the selection of the better adaptable organisms occurs through a non random process. It is depend upon the better strategies that makes an organism more suitable to a particular environment. It is heritable entity, which inherit from one generation to the other, and vary in fitness.
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