| − | '''Natural selection''' is the mechanism by which [[allele]] frequency within a population changes over time due to [[genetic]] [[variation]] and selection pressures. Over long periods of time natural selection may lead to evolution under the [[Darwin-Wallace theory of evolution]] | + | '''Natural selection''' is a theory for the mechanism by which [[allele]] frequency within a population changes over time due to [[genetic]] [[variation]] and selection pressures. Over long periods of time natural selection may lead to evolution under the [[Darwin-Wallace theory of evolution]] |