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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

See also: acceptance, adoption, alternative, appointment, assignment, assumption, candidate, choice, compilation, decision, designation, discretion, election, excerpt, kind, manner, nomination, nominee, option, patronage, poll, preference, primary, referendum, volition, vote

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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

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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

Directional Michigan
Directional microphone
Directional microphone
Directional Minimum Check
Directional Movement Index
Directional Movement Index
Directional Movement Indicator
Directional Network Allocation Vector
directional non force technique
Directional Optimized Link-State Routing
Directional pad
directional pattern
directional phase shifter
Directional Policy Matrix
Directional Power Increase
directional property

Directional Quasi-Convexity
directional radar prediction
Directional Radio Beacon
Directional Radio Relay Tower Schongau
Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen
directional relay
Directional Reservation Equipment
directional response pattern
Directional selection
directional separation filter
directional signal
Directional solidification
Directional solidification
Directional Solidification Crystal Growth
Directional Solidification Furnace
Directional Solidification of Cadmium Telluride
Directional Solidification System

Directional Sound
Directional Sound Amplification System
Directional stability
Directional stability
Directional statistics
directional structure
Directional symmetry
Directional Symmetry Transform
Directional Tactics
Directional Trading
Directional Transmission
directional vacuum-assisted biopsy
directional well
Directional Y interchange
Directional-hemispherical reflectance
Directional/Channel Assignment

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