natural selection in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for natural selection in the English»French Dictionary

natural selection N

natural selection

sélection f naturelle

Translations for natural selection in the French»English Dictionary

sélection génétique/naturelle

genetic/natural selection

Translations for natural selection in the English»French Dictionary

selection [Brit sɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n, Am səˈlɛkʃ(ə)n] N

1. selection (act) (gen):

selection

sélection f

selection

choix m

selection SPORTS

sélection f

to make a selection (for display, sale)

faire une sélection

to make a selection (for purchase)

faire un choix

to make a selection attr committee, panel, process

de sélection

2. selection (assortment):

selection

sélection f

selection

choix m

selections from Mozart

morceaux mpl choisis de Mozart

See also natural selection

natural selection N

natural selection

sélection f naturelle

I.natural [Brit ˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l, Am ˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] N

1. natural (person) inf:

as an actress, she's a natural

c'est une actrice née

he's a natural for the role of Hamlet

il est fait pour jouer Hamlet

2. natural MUS:

natural (sign)

bécarre m

natural (note)

note f naturelle

3. natural (simpleton):

natural archaic

imbécile mf

II.natural [Brit ˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l, Am ˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] ADJ

1. natural (not artificial or man-made):

natural phenomenon, force, disaster, harbour, light, resources, process, progression, beauty, material, food

naturel/-elle

the natural world

le monde naturel

in its natural state

à l'état naturel

2. natural (usual, normal):

natural

naturel/-elle, normal

it's natural to do/to be

c'est normal de faire/d'être

it's natural for sb to do

c'est normal que qn fasse

the natural thing to do would be to protest

la chose la plus normale serait de protester

it's only natural

c'est tout à fait naturel

it's not natural!

ce n'est pas normal!

to die of natural causes

mourir de mort naturelle or de sa belle mort

death from natural causes LAW

mort naturelle

for the rest of one's natural life LAW

à vie

3. natural (innate):

natural gift, talent, emotion, trait

inné

natural artist, professional, storyteller

né

natural affinity

naturel/-elle

a natural advantage (of person, party, country)

un atout

4. natural (unaffected):

natural person, manner

simple, naturel/-elle

try and look more natural

essaie d'avoir l'air plus naturel

5. natural:

natural (actual, real) parent

naturel/-elle

natural (illegitimate) archaic child

naturel/-elle

6. natural MUS:

natural

naturel/-elle

natural horn

cor m d'harmonie

natural selection in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for natural selection in the English»French Dictionary

natural selection N

natural selection

sélection f naturelle

Translations for natural selection in the English»French Dictionary

selection N

1. selection no pl (choosing):

selection

choix m

2. selection sing (range):

selection

sélection f

3. selection (extracts):

selection

morceaux mpl choisis

I.natural [ˈnætʃərəl, Am -ɚəl] ADJ

natural

naturel(le)

natural state

primitif(-ive)

natural parents

biologique

it's natural

c'est normal

it's only natural that

il est tout à fait naturel que +subj

to be a natural leader

être né pour être un meneur

II.natural [ˈnætʃərəl, Am -ɚəl] N inf

natural

talent m

to be a natural for sth

être doué pour qc

as a singer, she's a natural

c'est une chanteuse née

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Natural selection normally favors a gene if it increases reproduction, because the offspring share copies of that gene.

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They may simply have underestimated the potential rapidity of conventional means of natural selection.

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Some cases of evolution by natural selection can only be understood by considering how biological relatives influence each other's fitness.

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He also viewed natural selection and mutation as too weak a mechanism to drive evolutionary progress.

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Rather, the unit of selection is the phenotype, not the genotype, because it is phenotypes which interact with the environment at the natural selection interface.

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He defined natural selection as the principle by which each slight variation of a trait, if useful, is preserved.

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Without natural selection, the genes would not have coevolved with the ability for language, and instead, would have come from cultural conventions.

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In other words, artificial selection is teleological and natural selection is not teleological.

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At that point natural selection will tend to eliminate the hybrids.

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He did not reject natural selection, but regarded it as a secondary to the origin of biological form.

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