selection
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3.7
- noun
- /sɪˈlɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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selección
- Well, it's natural selection of arch builders, isn't it?
- natural selection
- sexual selection
- selection pressure
So we also know that men's threshold for selection is much lower than women's.
- So we also know that men's threshold for selection is much lower than women's.
- So the new genes would not be maintained by selection and would soon disappear.
- You could be augmenting your children just through gene selection, let alone gene editing.
- What possible selection pressure is there for that?
- It's just ruthless selection, random mutation.
- There has to be this constant balance between alternative opposing selection pressures.
- There's no clear connection with natural selection.
- So some cases you just don't meet the criteria for natural selection.
- And there was a very strong, strong pressure, selection pressure so that we became friendlier and friendlier and friendlier.
- There are selection pressures against seeing the truth.
Examples
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There are selection pressures against seeing the truth.
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Natural selection plays a crucial role in the evolution of species by ensuring that only the fittest survive.
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So you can actually read natural selection as well.
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What possible selection pressure is there for that?
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Without it, the laws of natural selection could not work.
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So the new genes would not be maintained by selection and would soon disappear.
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This would be a mark of their having been positive selection for this trait.
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There has to be this constant balance between alternative opposing selection pressures.
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In the process of careful selection, humans can increase the odds of passing on desirable genes.
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For Sterelny, Dawkins' selfish gene theory of natural selection is therefore the more sustainable one.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.9
A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
15
5.1
Only animals and plants best suited to their environment survive and reproduce
Compounds
- Specialized
43
3.9
A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
- Specialized
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8.1
One side in a deal knows more than the other, causing unfair deals
- Specialized
Human actions decide which animals or plants live and reproduce rather than nature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Selection comes from the root select, which means 'choose', and Darwin used it as a picture of nature 'choosing' the plants or animals best suited to survive. That's why in biology 'selection' is the process of favorable traits being chosen over time.