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Darwin suggested that mutations could produce new variations for natural selection to act upon.
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Darwin proposed natural selection acting on heritable variation, but he did not describe mutation as the source of new heritable variation — the genetic mutation concept was developed after Darwin (e.g., Mendel's genetics and de Vries' mutation theory).
Darwin proposed natural selection acting on heritable variation, but he did not describe mutation as the source of new heritable variation — the genetic mutation concept was developed after Darwin (e.g., Mendel's genetics and de Vries' mutation theory).
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