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# - Genetic variations that allow an organism to survive and reproduce will be passed on to the next generation. Genetic variations that do not help an organism to survive and reproduce will be lost.
# - Over time, these genetic variations will accumulate until a new [[species]] results.
 
Darwin’s Theory on Natural Selection laid the ground work for the understanding Evolution. However, it was the emergence of the field of [[Genetics]], pioneered by [[Gregor Mendel]], that provided the missing information on hereditary processes which now solidifies the Theory of Evolution. The mergence of Darwin’s ideas with our current understandings of heredity lead to the birth of [[Population Genetics]].