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  1. Selection
    [Australian history] Selection referred to "free selection before survey" of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. These acts were similar to the United States Homestead Act and were intended to encourage closer settlement, based on intensive ...
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  2. Selection
    [disambiguation] Selection is the consistent differential survival and reproduction among genotypes. Selection may also refer to: In computer science: Other uses: ...
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  3. selection
    Process which favors one feature of organisms in a population over another feature found in the population. This occurs through differential reproduction—those with the favored feature produce more offspring than those with the other feature, such that they become a greater percentage of the ...
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  4. Selection
    Causing or allowing certain individuals in a population to produce offspring in the next generation.
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  5. Selection
    See natural selection.
    Found op http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnhtml/glossary.html

  6. Selection
    A change in allele frequency over time in a population
    Found op http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.rs.html

  7. Selection
    In breeding, any process, natural or artificial, which permits an increase in the proportion of genotypes of desired characteristics in succeeding generations.
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  8. selection
    [Noun] The act of selecting or choosing someone or something.
    Example: The manager is in charge of team selection.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  9. selection
    [n] - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=selection

  10. Selection
    The process of deciding which materials should be added to a collection. A number of books and other materials collected together by the process of selection
    Found op http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#5

  11. Selection
    Natural selection is the differential contribution of offspring to the next generation by various genetic types belonging to the same populations. Artificial selection is the intentional manipulation by man of the fitness of individuals in a population to produce a desired evolutionary response.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20945

  12. Selection
    Se·lec'tion noun [ Latin selectio : confer French sélection .] . The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. 2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/56



  1. selection
    <biology> Placing organisms under conditions where the growth of those with a particular genotype will be favored. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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  2. selection
    noun an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; `the store carried a large selection of shoes`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=selection

  3. selection
    (sә-lek´shәn) the play of forces that determines the relative reproductive performance of the various genotypes in a population. natural selection the survival in nature of those individuals and their progeny best equipped to adapt to environmental conditions. s...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  4. Selection
    • (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. • (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/selection/

  5. selection
    in biology, the preferential survival and reproduction or preferential elimination of individuals with certain genotypes (genetic compositions), by ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/60

  6. selection
    selection An act of choosing someone or something from a wide variety of others.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1922/2

  7. Selection
    [relational algebra] The result of the selection is only defined if the attribute names that it mentions are in the heading of the relation that it operates upon. In computer languages it is expected that any truth-valued expression be permitted as the selection condition rather than restric...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_(relational_algebra)

  8. Selection
    [album] Selection is a 1982 EP by Canadian band 54•40. It was the band`s first release, appearing on the independent label Mo-Da-Mu. Although now out of print, the album and its 1984 follow up Set the Fire were re-released in 1997 on the compilation album, Sound of Truth: The Independent C...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_(album)

  9. SELECTION
    A card selected by the spectator. It may be a free choice, or it may be forced.
    Found op http://www.glossarycentral.com/magic/selection.html

  10. Selection
    [genetic algorithm] Selection is the stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding (recombination or crossover). A generic selection procedure may be implemented as follows: If this procedure is repeated until there are enough select...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_(genetic_algorithm)

  11. Selection
    In the context of evolution, certain traits or alleles of genes segregating within a population may be subject to selection. Under selection, individuals with advantageous or "adaptive" traits tend to be more successful than their peers reproductively—meaning they contribute more offspring to the...
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  12. Selection
    Process of segregating or selecting specific records from a list according to specific criteria.
    Found op http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm

  13. selection
    primary operation of translation, by which the control function or the symbol to be printed or translated is chosen from the received signal
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=721-10-05

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