sexual selection

短语

[医] 性选择

词形变化

sexual selections 复数 sexual selections

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    性选择

    性择

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词源

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

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