Survival of the fittest
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The Darwinian notion that only those traits best suited to [perpetuate] the species will endure to be passed along [indefinitely] from generation to generation while those traits most detrimental to the good of the species will be [phased] out after a few generations.
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the principle that animals and plants suited to the conditions they live in are more likely to stay alive and produce other animals and plants than those that are not suited
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