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Species selection is the interaction between the geographic range of a species and the environment that affects its survival or reproduction. Learn how species selection might explain the diversity of mammals, such as rodents and aardvarks, and how it differs from natural selection.
Here I review the different definitions of species selection in the context of multilevel selection (MLS) theory, discuss potential approaches toward the still-incomplete formalization of species selection, and give an overview of the empirical evidence bearing on the operation of the processes
Species selection in the broad sense-also termed species sorting-shapes evolutionary patterns through differences in speciation and extinction rates (and their net outcome, Often termed...
Species selection was originally proposed as a theory of evolution above the species level (Stanley, 1975a; cf. also Eldredge and Gould, 1972). Further developments of that theory (Stanley, 1975b, 1979; Gould and Eldredge, 1977) have been very much praised as...
19 Οκτ 2023 · Natural selection is the process through which species adapt to their environments. It is the engine that drives evolution. Grades. 8 - 12. Image. On the Origin of Species. English naturalist Charles Darwin wrote the definitive book outlining his idea of natural selection, On the Origin of Species.
9 Απρ 2009 · This paper provides an overview of the basic process of natural selection, discusses the extent and possible causes of misunderstandings of the process, and presents a review of the most common misconceptions that must be corrected before a functional understanding of natural selection and adaptive evolution can be achieved.
