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Any species which is found in the region of its origin; any species that has not been newly introduced by humans into an ecosystem.
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| National Institute of Mental Health |
a branch of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) that oversees neurologic and psychologic research.
Ãâó: www.gmhc.org/health/glossary3.html
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| natural selection |
Natural selection is the process in which some organisms live and reproduce and others die before reproducing. Some life forms survive and reproduce because they are better suited to environmental pressures, ensuring that their genes are perpetuated in the gene pool. NAUTILOIDS Nautiloids are primitive, thick-shelled, carnivorous marine invertebrates, cephalopod. The shell is divided into chambers. The nautiloid head has well-developed eyes and tentacles that can grasp prey. ...
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| natal |
relating to or occurring at birth (Morris 1992).
Ãâó: imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/glostxt.htm
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| natural selection |
The process whereby some organisms in a species have certain inherited variations that give them an advantage over others.
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