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but also from--the Gray textbook
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and the Norton readings will both--will each provide you
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with enough background to get up to speed.
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But the general idea is that there are three components to natural selection.
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There is variation.
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And this variation gives rise to different degrees
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of survival and reproduction
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and gets passed on from generation to generation
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and gives rise to adaptations,
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What Darwin described as
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"that perfection of structure that justly excites our imagination."
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And the biological world has all sorts of examples.