selective
se·lec·tive / səˈlektiv/ • adj. relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified: the mini-cow is the result of generations of selective breeding. ∎ (of a person) tending to choose carefully: he is very selective in his reading. ∎ (of a process or agent) affecting some things and not others: modern pesticides are more selective in effect. ∎ chiefly Electr. operating at or responding to a particular frequency.DERIVATIVES: se·lec·tive·ly adv.
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Select , se·lect / səˈlekt/ • v. [tr.] carefully choose as being the best or most suitable: students must select their own program | [tr.] he has been selecte… Stabilizing Selection , stabilizing selection(maintenance evolution, normalizing selection) Natural selection that selects against extremes at either end of the range of phe… Directional Selection , directional selection Natural selection that favours the establishment of one particular advantageous mutation within a population, resulting in a ch… disruptive selection , disruptive selection Selection that changes the frequency of alleles in a divergent manner, leading to the fixation of alternative alleles in members… Selection , Selection refers to an evolutionary pressure that is the result of a combination of environmental and genetic pressures that affect the ability of an… Selective Breeding , Selective breeding is evolution by human selection. As nineteenth-century British naturalist Charles Darwin noted in Variation of Animals and Plants…
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