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Paul Andersen is the founder of Bozeman Science. He has created hundreds of science podcasts that have been viewed millions of times by students around the world. These videos cover the topics of biology, chemistry, physics, earth science and education.

What is Bozeman’s definition of natural selection?

Natural Selection. The biological process by which organisms thrive or die off based on having preferential or non-preferential genotypes, either through natural or human-induced means.

What are the types of natural selection?

The 3 Types of Natural Selection

• Stabilizing Selection.
• Directional Selection.
• Disruptive Selection.

What does natural selection mean can you give an example?

Natural selection is the process in nature by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more than those less adapted to their environment. For example, treefrogs are sometimes eaten by snakes and birds.

Which is an example of natural selection in plants?

While natural selection tends to occur much more slowly in plants than animals, it does definitely happen. If plant seeds find their way into a compost pile, they’ll often take root and produce seedlings without being planted or receiving any nurturing.

How is the peppered moth an example of natural selection?

The peppered moth used to be a light color with black spots. When the atmosphere in London became filled with soot because of the Industrial Revolution, the white trees became darker and light colored moths were eaten by birds more readily. Within months, moths became darker and lighter moths were rare.

How are long legs an example of natural selection?

In a hypothetical ecosystem that is prone to flooding, lizards with long legs could climb better to avoid floods and reach food. As a result, eventually, most of the lizards in that type of ecosystem would have long legs. This trait would be passed to them from their parents, who survived because they had long legs.

How did Charles Darwin come up with the concept of natural selection?

Natural selection, a concept first theorized by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, is the adjustment of genes (DNA) throughout generations based on factors that help living organisms survive and reproduce. Sometimes this is known as survival of the fittest or the adaptation of organisms that are better suited to the environment.