Natural Selection is a Sorting Process: What does that Mean?

Rebecca M. Price

doi:10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.11

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Rebecca M. Price¹

¹Rebecca M. Price is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell, Box 358530,18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246. E-mail: . becca.price@uwb.edu

Abstract

To learn why natural selection acts only on existing variation, students categorize processes as either creative or sorting. This activity helps students confront the misconception that adaptations evolve because species need them.

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Rebecca M. Price "Natural Selection is a Sorting Process: What does that Mean?," The American Biology Teacher 75(2), 130-131, (1 February 2013). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.11

Published: 1 February 2013