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, in genetics
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Mate selection, in mating
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Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
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Human mating strategies, 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)
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X Window selection
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Selection (evolutionary 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 (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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Selection (Nazi concentration camps)
* ''
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 Information asymmetry, asymmetric information results in a party taking advantage of undisclosed information to benefit more from a contract or trade.
In ...
* Discrimination
* Election
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Select (disambiguation)
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