Selection may refer to:
Science
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Selection (biology)
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Charle ...
, also called natural selection, selection in evolution
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Sex selection, in genetics
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Mate selection
Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli" which can be observed as behavior.Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon. "Mate Choice." Mate Choic ...
, in mating
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Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
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Human mating strategies
In evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology, human mating strategies are a set of behaviors used by individuals to select, attract, and retain mates. Mating strategies overlap with reproductive strategies, which encompass a broader set of ...
, in human sexuality
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Social selection, within social groups
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Selection (linguistics), the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments
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Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria
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Selection effect, a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected
* A selection, or
choice function, a function that selects an element from a set
Religion
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Divine selection, selection by God
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Papal selection, selection by clergy
Computing
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Selection (user interface)
In computing and user interface engineering, a selection is a list of items on which user operations will take place. The user typically adds items to the list manually, although the computer may create a selection automatically.
Selections are ...
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X Window selection
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Selection (genetic algorithm)
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Selection (relational algebra)
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Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse
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Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the ''k''th smallest number in a list
Other uses
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Preselection
Preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office. It is also referred to as candidate selection. It is a fundamental function of political parties. The presel ...
(or selection) of candidates in British elections
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Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
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''Selected'' (album), the compilation album by Recoil
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''Selection'' (album), by 54•40
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Selektion, selection of prisoners for execution at a Nazi concentration camp
* ''
The Selection'', a novel by Kiera Cass
* A store brand used by
Metro Inc.
See also
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Adverse selection
In economics, insurance, and risk management, adverse selection is a market situation where buyers and sellers have different information. The result is that participants with key information might participate selectively in trades at the expe ...
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Discrimination
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Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
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