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 Heredity, heritable traits characteristic of a population over generation ...
, also called natural selection, selection in evolution
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Sex selection
Sex selection is the attempt to control the sex of the offspring to achieve a desired sex. It can be accomplished in several ways, both pre- and post-implantation of an embryo, as well as at childbirth. It has been marketed under the title family ...
, in genetics
** Mate selection, in mating
** Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
** Human mating strategies, in human sexuality
* Social selection, within social groups
* Selection (linguistics), the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments
* Selective school, Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria
* 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
* Divine election, Divine selection, selection by God
* Papal selection, selection by clergy
Computing
* Selection (user interface)
** X Window selection
* Selection (evolutionary algorithm)
* Selection (relational algebra)
* Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse
* Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the ''k''th smallest number in a list
Other uses
* Preselection (or selection) of candidates in British elections
* Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
* Selected (album), ''Selected'' (album), the compilation album by Recoil
* Selection (album), ''Selection'' (album), by 54•40
* Selection (Nazi concentration camps)
* ''The Selection'', a novel by Kiera Cass
* A store brand used by Metro Inc.
See also
* Adverse selection
* Discrimination
* Election
* Select (disambiguation)
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