Quite simply, the better an individual is able to mimic its surroundings, the less likely a predator is to spot it. This gives it a better chance of mating and passing its genes on to the next generation.
Natural selection is survival of the fittest. A less fit species that can mimic a fit species improves survival chances. The ability to camouflage also increases the chances. Homologous and vestigial structures have minimal chances of survival.
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Population Size, Mate Selection, Gene flow between Populations, Mutations and Natural Selection Hope that helps
Adaptation is the result of natural selection.
by natural selection.
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It's the other way around: natural selection is the natural process that causes the frequencies of occurence of alleles in the population gene pool to shift.
influence either survival or reproduction.
The influence of providing an explanatory mechanism for what was obvious to Darwin; species arose and species went extinct.
Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.
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Adaptation does not allow for natural selection: natural selection causes adaptation.
Genetic variation in itself does not 'support' natural selection: it is what natural selection acts upon.
Population Size, Mate Selection, Gene flow between Populations, Mutations and Natural Selection Hope that helps
Natural selection is what causes adaptation.
Natural Selection
Natural selection.