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What does 'survival of the fittest' mean in the coronavirus pandemic? Look to the immune system

  • Written by Prakash Nagarkatti, Vice President for Research and Carolina Distinguished Professor, University of South Carolina
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Charles Darwin popularized the concept of survival of the fittest as a mechanism underlying the natural selection that drives the evolution of life. Organisms with genes better suited to the environment are selected for survival and pass them to the next...

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