Biology·Development & continuity of life · NSSCO 4.4.4
Adaptation, selection & evolution
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How living things change over time — adaptive features, the steps of natural selection, evolution shown by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and how humans use artificial selection to breed the plants and animals they want.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Biology 4.4.4):
- Define adaptive features and adaptation
- Describe natural selection (variation, struggle for survival, survival of the best adapted)
- Define evolution and describe antibiotic resistance as an example
- Define artificial selection and its uses
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