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Mechanisms: Theories to Explain How Evolution Happens
  Evolution can have many causes, and not all of them produce adaptations. Those that do, however, have one thing in common: differential reproductive success (fitness) among individuals in a population. This section begins with a discussion of fitness and then explores the various ways that evolution happens.

  Fitness
  Natural Selection
  Other Causes of Evolution
  Synthesis: Modern Evolutionary Theory
   
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