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Change in the heritable characteristics of populations

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It happens when individuals in a population vary in their genetic characteristics and in the numbers of their surviving offspring. Mutation introduces new genetic variation, and processes such as genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection result in some genetic variants becoming more or less common over time. Evolution is often defined as a change in the frequency of alleles in a population. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: EvolutionA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: The evolution of SARS-CoV-2Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: On the origin of species by means of natural selectionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Differential Evolution – A Simple and Efficient Heuristic for global Optimization over Continuous SpacesCited 25,931 times
  5. Go sideways: Natural selectionA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: SpeciationA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A change of position. A manoeuvre of troops or ships. A turning movement, especially of the body. A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.

Noun A manoeuvre of troops or ships.

Noun A turning movement, especially of the body.

Noun A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Heredity
  2. Sources of variation
  3. Evolutionary forces
  4. Natural outcomes
  5. Applications
  6. Evolutionary history of life
  7. History of evolutionary thought
  8. Social and cultural responses

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