SEXUAL SELECTION


Meaning of SEXUAL SELECTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1859

: natural selection for characters that confer success in competition for a mate as distinguished from competition with other species ; also : the choice of a mate based on a preference for certain characteristics (as color or bird song)

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