GA is based on natural selection and heredity mechanism, and the most of its glossary come from biological genetics, such as individual, population, gene, crossover, mutation etc.

• 遗传算法因基于自然选择和遗传学机理，它大部分术语借鉴于生物遗传学中的概念，诸如一些基本术语：个体、种群、基因、杂交(交叉)、变异等。