zì​rán​xuǎn​zé

natural selection

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    natural selection

    A key process in evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring; also called [[天择|天擇|tian1 ze2]] or [[自然淘汰|自然淘汰|zi4 ran2 tao2 tai4]].

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