A process in which differences in survival and reproduction are caused by phenotypic differences in a population. For natural selection to result in evolutionary change, these phenotypic differences must be heritable (so, evolution by natural selection requires heritable variation in fitness).
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Gildenhuys, P. (2019), "Natural selection.” In E.N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 Edition).
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