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Predation can affect biodiversity in two ways. In a positive way, predation allows for the biodiversity in an area to flourish, meaning that certain animals/plants being kept 'in check' will allow for other plants and animals to flourish. In a negative way, however, predation can decimate certain aspects of an area - such as a certain plant or animal, and this can affect the entirety of the food web for the area.
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∙ 13y agoPredation IS natural selection. All the prey is variations of organisms, so faster than others, some smarter than others, some especially quick to breed and some that have too many detrimental traits of one form or the other. Then some are culled by predators and do not leave genes in the gene pool. Some survive and reproduce progeny having the same survival traits of their parents, The predators evolution is also driven by the change in prey, so you have a co-evolutionary war going on that no one wins completely.
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∙ 11y agoNatural selection provides direction to evolution. It limits the randomness of reproductive variation to variants that have adequate reproductive fitness given the prevalent environmental parameters.
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∙ 14y agoThey play a important part of the food chain. predetors eat other animals wich helps the food chain very well.
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Does natural selection affect the survival of an individual or a species?
species
Does natural selection affect individuals populations or both?
Both
How do humans affect artificial selection?
Humans directly affect artificial selection. They do this by selecting the specific traits that they prefer which they cannot don in a natural selection.
How does genetic variation and environmental factors affect evolution by natural selection?
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Is natural selection the only force that drives biological evolution?
No. Natural selection requires reproductive variation to work on. Besides reproductive variation and natural selection, there are various forces, biochemical as well as population dynamical, that affect the allelic composition of a population.
Is random selection of prey essential in any model of natural selection?
No, many forms of natural selection have no connection to predation.
How predation plays a beneficial role in natural selection?
Poorly adapted organisms are more vulnerable to predation. This is one of the means by which they fail to survive as well as better adapted organisms.
How does selection affect natural selection?
Organisms are affected by Natural Selection because Inherited characteristics affected the likelihood of an organism's survival and reproduction.
Which does natural Which does natural selection affect?
natural selection is basiclly only the strong survive which means it effects the weak by killing them but bernifits the strong
How could natural selection affect the songs that birds sing?
Through ongoing natural selection a population adapts to its enviroment
How does natural selection affect survival?
Natural selection is the process which determines the shark's evolution. It is humankind that is threatening the sharks' survival.
Which does natural selection affect populations or individuals?
Populations evolve, but individuals are selected. Natural selection affects individual organisms.
Does natural selection affect individuals populations or both?
Both
Does natural selection affect the survival of an individual or a species?
species
What other theories are there except for natural selection?
Evolution by natural selection is currently the only viable theory explaining the diversity of life. However, the mechanism of natural selection is not the only mechanism to affect evolution. There are phenomena such as genetic drift, biased gene conversion, intragenomic conflict, and so on, that aren't exactly the same as natural selection (although they are all intertwined and all affect one another), but do affect the direction of evolution.
How do humans affect artificial selection?
Humans directly affect artificial selection. They do this by selecting the specific traits that they prefer which they cannot don in a natural selection.
What are the three ways natural selection can affect the distribution of phenotype?
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