Natural selection is the process by which organisms better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully. This leads to gradual changes in a population's traits over time. For example, in a beetle population, those with traits that reduce visibility to predators are more likely to survive and reproduce. ;
Natural selection leads to evolution, a process of change in a population over time. It involves variations in traits, survival of the fittest, and heritability of advantageous traits. This process explains how species adapt to their environments through generations.
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