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What were Darwins requirements for natural selection?

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  • variation
  • inheritance
  • selection
  • time
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What did Charles Darwin propose?

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Natural selection as a mechanism for evolution

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What was variation for natural selection?

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Individuals in a population vary from one another

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What is inheritance in natural selection?

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Parents pass their traits to their offspring genetically

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What is selection for natural selection?

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Some variants reproduce more than others

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What is time for natural selection?

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Successful variations accumulate over time (many generations)

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What was the voyage that made Darwin think about natural selection?

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The Beagle voyage

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What was the name of Darwin’s book on natural selection?

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The Origin of Species

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What is sexual selection?

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Females choosing desirable traits

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Evolution works on biological molecules, what does this mean in terms of DNA?

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DNA shows evidence of evolution and natural selection

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