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selection (Choice), noun adoption, appointment, appropriation, assignment, compilation, cooptation, decision, delectus, denomination, designation, determination, election, extraction, indication, naming, nomination, ordination, preference, reservation, segregation, separation, specification, stipulation
Associated concepts: jury selection

selection (Collection), noun accumulation, anthology, arrangement, array, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, bunch, cluster, collectanea, combination, compilation, conglomeration, cumulation, examples, group, hoard, mass, pile, quantity, samples, treasury, variety

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accumulation act on aggregation alternative anthology appoint appointment assemblage assignment assortment batch bunch cluster collectanea compilation conglomeration cooptation corporate governance cross section			However, because no size-selective fishing pattern can preclude some directional selection on growth, management by area closures may be the best option for avoiding fishery-induced evolution of growth traits. Effects of fishing on growth traits: a simulation analysis by Williams, Erik H.; Shertzer, Kyle W. / Fishery Bulletin In the other cases, directional selection drives the trait toward one extreme, and stabilizing selection favors moderation. Dull birds and bright ones beat so-so guys by Milius, S. / Science News Because such traits signal one's overall fitness, they tend to become exaggerated through evolution, in a process called directional selection. Not simply symmetry: does it really matter if the right ear is bigger ... by Pennisi, Elizabeth / Science News			direct attention to direct cause Direct Evidence Direct Examination direct imperatively direct one’s attention direct one’s thoughts to direct opposite Direct Tax direct the attendance of direct the attention to direct the eyes to direct the mind to direct the mind upon direct to direct toward one object directed against directed verdict directing directing agency directing head directing power direction direction post direction to imprison Directional selection directive directly directly affected by the outcome of a controversy directly after directness director Director of the mint directorate directorial directors directorship directory direful diremption direption dirge dirigere Dirimant impediments dirimere dirtied dirty diruere disability Disability Discrimination Disability payments			Directional Medium Access Control Directional microphone Directional microphone Directional Microphone Hearing Aid Directional Minimum Check Directional Movement Index Directional Movement Index Directional Movement Index Directional Movement Index Directional Movement Indexes Directional Movement Indicator Directional Movement Indices Directional Network Allocation Vector Directional Networking Waveform directional non force technique Directional Optimized Link-State Routing directional pattern directional phase shifter Directional Policy Matrix Directional Power Increase directional property Directional Quasi-Convexity directional radar prediction Directional Radio Beacon Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks directional relay Directional Reservation Equipment directional response pattern Directional selection directional separation filter directional signal directional signal Directional solidification Directional Solidification Crystal Growth Directional Solidification Furnace Directional Solidification of Cadmium Telluride Directional Solidification System Directional Sound Amplification System Directional Spectral Wave Generator Directional stability directional structure Directional Tactics Directional Trading Directional Transmission directional vacuum-assisted biopsy directional well Directional/Channel Assignment Directional/No Channel Assignment Directional/Vertical Gyros directionality directionality directionality directionality Directionality Classification directionally directionally Directionally Oriented Structures Directionally Selective Motion-Detecting

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selection (redirected from Directional selection)

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