What does «adecuación biológica» mean in Spanish?
- Biological fitness, also called fitness or biological efficiency, describes the ability of a being to reproduce with a certain genotype, and is usually equal to the proportion of the individual's genes in the total genes of the next generation. If differences between different genotypes affect fitness, then the frequencies of genotypes will change over generations; genotypes with higher fitness will become more common. This process is called natural selection.
- Not to be confused with "biological adaptation". A biological adaptation is the process (and result) of the natural evolution of an organism, through natural selection, which can be an anatomical structure, physiological processes or specific behavior.