Evolution and Natural

Selection
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How is natural selection different from selective
breeding?
• Natural selection occurs when the best adapted organisms in a population are most
likely to survive [1 mark] and reproduce

• the offspring of these organisms are likely to have these adaptations

• this will lead to evolution

• all organisms are evolving [1 mark] –

• selective breeding is artificial selection

• this occurs when people specifically choose organisms to reproduce because of

desirable characteristics

• the offspring of these organisms are likely to have these characteristics

• cows, dogs and crop plants have been selectively bred/any named example

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 Describe the process of evolution of antibiotic bacteria

• In exposure to antibiotic,some bacteria will undergo mutation and develop resistance against
antibiotics

• the individuals (in this example, the bacteria) with the most advantageous characteristics are more
likely to survive and reproduce

• so those that have the gene for resistance have an advantage

• this is survival of the fittest

• because of inheritance, the offspring of those with the advantageous characteristic are more likely
to have it

• this process is repeated over many generations until a new species is produced

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