English Explanatory Dictionary

sexual selection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of natural selection where members of the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.

Word forms

sexual selection sexual selections

Etymology

Coined by Charles Darwin in his work The Descent of Man (1871).

Related words

artificial selection natural selection sexual method sexual dimorphism
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