Selective advantage

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

"What is the selective advantage of height?"

Synonyms

selection natural selection sexual selection group selection selective breeding unnatural selection specialization survival of the fittest evolutionary theory positive eugenics kin selection adaptation

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