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Evolution is the change in frequency of the alleles in a gene pool over time; evolution is when a population of species gets more suited to its environment over time.

Evolution occurs with mutations and natural selection.

What happens is that in a population of species, not all of them are the same. For example, there is a whole colony of fish in a pond. Some of the fish are faster than the others. They reproduce and pass on their genes - these genes make their offspring fast as well. The other fish that aren't as fast, die out because they are not fast enough. The fast fish soon become more common, making the species as a whole faster. This occurs in several stages, where the slowest fish are removed each time, and the faster ones reproduce more often. Gradually, the fish get faster and faster as a group.

The second aspect is that these fish will often have differences in their genetic codes, called mutations. While bad mutations will normally result in fatality and not get passed on, some are useful and result in increased survival. When these mutations build up, the species we previously had may then become completely different from what is here now; the two groups cannot crossbreed, and have become different species.

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Lupe Hahn

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