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Explain how the idea of artifical selection contributed to Darwin's ideas of natural selection​

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  • From artificial selection, Darwin knew that some offspring have chance variations that can be inherited. In nature, offspring with certain variations might be more likely to survive the “struggle for existence” and reproduce. If so, they would pass their favorable variations to their offspring
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Darwin inferred that if humans could use artificial selection, perhaps inheritance could work the same way. ... Heritable differences that exist in every population are the basis for natural selection.

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