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This note provides a definition of evolution by natural selection that is compatible with the extended evolutionary synthesis.
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Blute, M. A New, New Definition of Evolution by Natural Selection. Biol Theory 14, 280–281 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-019-00328-4
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