All varation between individuals is due only to environmental factors
Natural selection requires that individuals in a population are
This type of natural selection is called stabilizing selection because the mean traits of the population are being selected for against the immediate environment.
There are really no steps in natural selection - just conditions required for it to occur.
when there is competition
What population? Perhaps you mean if there were no variation for natural selection to select from.
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.
sample data drawn from one population is completely unrelated to the selection of sample data from the other population.
sample data drawn from one population is completely unrelated to the selection of sample data from the other population.
If a population exists in an environment that changes very little, then natural selection may not provide any pressure to change. However, even under these conditions genetic driftoccurs, introducing random change within the parameters set by natural selection.
Selection occurs when there is variation in a population, that variation is heritable, and individuals with certain traits have a higher chance of survival and reproduction. This process allows advantageous traits to become more common in a population over generations.
In an unchanging environment, selection in a well-adapted population is stabilizing selection. This type of selection favors individuals with intermediate phenotypes, maintaining the status quo of the population's genetic characteristics.
A beneficial mutation leading to variability in a population and the heritability of those beneficial traits.
Disruptive selection and directional selection are two types of natural selection that impact the evolution of a population in different ways. Disruptive selection favors extreme traits at both ends of the spectrum, leading to the divergence of a population into two distinct groups. On the other hand, directional selection favors one extreme trait, causing the population to shift towards that trait over time. In summary, disruptive selection promotes diversity within a population, while directional selection drives the population towards a specific trait.
Mutation cannot occur
Balancing selection is a type of natural selection that maintains genetic diversity by preserving different versions of a gene in a population. This occurs when multiple versions of a gene are advantageous in different environments or circumstances, preventing any one version from becoming fixed in the population. As a result, genetic diversity is maintained, allowing for adaptation to changing conditions and increasing the overall fitness of the population.
It is stabilizing selection
Natural selection requires that individuals in a population are