On the meaning of natural selection
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https://doi.org/10.24310/NATyLIB.2021.vi15.7907Keywords:
evolution, darwinism, natural selectionAbstract
Natural selection is one of the fundamental keys of evolutionary biology, which is as much as saying of almost all life sciences. However, the effort to assess its true meaning has been involved in endless controversies almost from the beginning. The rethinking of natural selection through an abstract scheme with three ingredients - -population, environment and interaction between them- could significantly contribute to clarify this debate.
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