Darwinian natural selection is the only factor in evolution that maintains and improves adaptation. It does so by favoring genes that enhance the genetic success of their bearers under historically prevalent conditions, and need not favor health or happiness or conformity to some universally normal
Notes for the Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture
β Scribed by Tony Garnett
- Book ID
- 108530280
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-1562
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