自し然ぜん淘とう汰た

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

natural selection

Biological term for the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. Also used figuratively in social or economic contexts.

• ダーウィンの自し然ぜん淘とう汰た説せつは進しん化か論ろんの基き礎そである。

  Darwin's theory of natural selection is the foundation of evolutionary theory.

• 市し場じょうでは自し然ぜん淘とう汰たが働はたらき、非ひ効こう率りつな企き業ぎょうは淘とう汰たされる。

  Natural selection operates in the market, and inefficient companies are weeded out.