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. Charl ...
, 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 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 choice function (selector, selection) is a mathematical function ''f'' that is defined on some collection ''X'' of nonempty sets and assigns some element of each set ''S'' in that collection to ''S'' by ''f''(''S''); ''f''(''S'') maps ''S'' to ...
, 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)
Selection is the stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding (using the crossover operator).
A generic selection procedure may be implemented as follows:
#The fitness function is evalua ...
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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
In computer science, a selection algorithm is an algorithm for finding the ''k''th smallest number in a list or array; such a number is called the ''k''th '' order statistic''. This includes the cases of finding the minimum, maximum, and medi ...
, 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 presele ...
(or selection) of candidates in British elections
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Selection (Australian history)
Selection is the act of choosing and acquiring a subdivided tract of land for farming purposes in Australia. A selection is also descriptive of the plot of land that was selected. The term derived from "free selection before survey" of crown lan ...
, 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
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of Racial discrimination, r ...
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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 operat ...
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