We tend to assume that all characteristics of plants and animals are adaptations that have arisen through natural selection.

我们倾向于假设动植物的所有特征都是自然选择的结果。

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Mimicry arises as the result of evolution through natural selection and the occurrence of random genetic mutations that lead over many generations to the appearance of favorable characteristics.

拟态是无数代自然选择和遗传变异的进化而获得的有利特征的结果。

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Natural selection blew in the same direction - i.e., favored the same sets of characteristics - for, at most, three years in a row.

显然自然选择趋向了同一方向——即选择了相同的特性，而这种选择至多连续3年。

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Sexual selection emphasises the development of characteristics that demonstrate in a way that cannot be faked just how fit that characteristic's possessor is to father (or mother) another individual's offspring.

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The selection process puts socially defined characteristics, such as the outsized reputation of an executive like Mr Dimon, ahead of relevant practical skills and experience (Mr Dimon had little knowledge of retail banking or credit-card operations, two of Bank One's biggest and, in the second case, most problematic businesses).

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