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Natural selection

Explanation:

According to Darwin, natural selection is the mechanism through which evolution takes place. Natural selection is the mechanism through which the heritable traits characteristic changes in an organism over the generations. Variations in traits of organisms are passed down through the generations and each generation has their genes affected by the environment.