successful reproduction
that makes sense because with out reproduction they're wouldn't be anyone else there besides the thing that tried to reproduce dies
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.
They are the selective agent in natural selection ;)
Natural selection is only the result of changing environments, mutation and the variation resulting therein. Natural selection is the process of adaptive change and the main mechanism of evolution that leads to speciation. Natural selection is a process as mutation and variation are grist to the mill of natural selection.
no, inherited traits are responsible for natural selection
It hasn't. Natural selection is a key part of the ecosystem itself.
Natural selection and Mutation
Natural selection means survival (and breeding) of the fittest, it is key to the evolutionary process.
See the related answer below for an answer to this question.
Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.
different species originated from other species
Mutation is the important " starter " of the adaptive change engendered by natural selection. Variation is key to selection and without variation in organisms there would be nothing to select from for the survival and reproductive success of the organism against the immediate environment.
natural selection
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.
Natural selection is what causes adaptation.
Natural Selection