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Definition 2024

natural selection ‎(uncountable)

(evolutionary biology) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated.
(quantitative genetics) A process in which individual organisms or phenotypes that possess favourable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce: the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

an evolutionary process

Armenian: բնական ընտրություն ‎(bnakan əntrutʿyun)
Catalan: selecció natural f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 自然選擇, 自然选择 ‎(zi⁶ jin⁴ syun² zaak⁶), 天擇, 天择 ‎(tin¹ zaak⁶)

Mandarin: 自然選擇 (zh), 自然选择 (zh) ‎(zìrán xuǎnzé), 天擇 (zh), 天择 (zh) ‎(tiānzé)

Min Nan: 自然選擇, 自然选择 ‎(chū-jiân soán-te̍k), 天擇, 天择 ‎(thian-te̍k)
Czech: přírodní výběr m
Danish: naturlig selektion c
Dutch: natuurlijke selectie f
Esperanto: natura selektado
Finnish: luonnonvalinta (fi)
French: sélection naturelle (fr) f
German: natürliche Selektion (de) f, natürliche Auslese (de) f, natürliche Zuchtwahl f
Greek: φυσική επιλογή (el) f ‎(fysikí epilogí)
Hebrew: ברירה טבעית
Icelandic: náttúruval n
Indonesian: seleksi alami (id)
Italian: selezione naturale f
Japanese: 自然選択 ‎(しぜんせんたく shizen-sentaku), 自然淘汰 ‎(しぜんとうた shizen-tōta)

Kazakh: қозғаушы сұрыпталу ‎(qozğawşı surıptalw)
Korean: 자연선택 (jha yeon seon tek) / 자연도태 (jha yeon doe tae)
Latvian: dabiskā izlase f
Malay: pemilihan semula jadi, pemilihan alamiah
Mongolian: байгалийн шалгарал ‎(bajgalijn šalgaral)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: naturlig seleksjon m, naturlig utvalg n

Nynorsk: naturleg seleksjon m, naturleg utval n
Novial: natural selektione
Polish: dobór naturalny m, selekcja naturalna f
Portuguese: seleção natural (pt) f
Russian: есте́ственный отбо́р m ‎(jestéstvennyj otbór)
Serbo-Croatian: природна селекција, prirodna selekcija
Spanish: selección natural (es) f
Swedish: naturligt urval n
Tagalog: piliang likas
Turkish: doğal seleksiyon
Uzbek: tabiiy tanlanish
Yiddish: נאַטירלעכע סעלעקציע f ‎(natirlekhe selektsye)