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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Natural Selection - A Deeper Dive. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Natural Selection - A Deeper Dive. | Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UC Museum of Paleontology - Understanding Evolution - Natural Selection: Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. | Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University Libraries - Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity - Natural Selection and Population Genetics. | Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Natural selection and phylogenetic analysis. | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawai�i - Exploring Our Fluid Earth - Evolution by Natural Selection. | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Natural selection and its limits: Where ecology meets evolution (PDF). | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Modes of Natural Selection. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Natural Selection. | Jul 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Raider Digital Publishing - Introductory Biology 2 - Natural Selection. | May 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Evolution: Education and Outreach - Understanding Natural Selection: Essential Concepts and Common Misconceptions. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Introduction to evolution and natural selection. | Feb 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - Path-dependent selectiona bridge between natural selection and neutral selection. | Jan 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Utah - Learn.Genetics - How Natural Selection Works. | Jul 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Natural selection and evolution: evolving concepts. | May 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - What is natural selection? | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - The Theory of Natural Selection. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Changed “variations in the genotype that increase” to “variations in the genotype (the entire complex of genes inherited from both parents) that increase.” | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 03, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Evolution - Natural Selection. | Sep 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Natural Selection. | Sep 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palomar College - Natural Selection. | Sep 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - Natural Selection. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Natural Selection Works. | Feb 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Natural Selection and Speciation. | Dec 17, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Minnesota State University - Natural Selection. | Dec 17, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Dec 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The University of Michigan's Global Change Program - Evolution and Natural Selection. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 08, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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