biological selection
differential survival and reproduction of individual organisms, from any cause
kin selection
the evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction
Allee effect
phenomenon in biology
frequency-dependent selection
biological selection that depends on the abundance of each phenotype in the population
artificial selection
process by which humans use animal and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits
selective breeding
process by which humans control animal and plant breeding by artificially selecting specific traits genetically determined
natural selection
differential survival and reproduction of individuals in nature due to differences in phenotype; a key mechanism of evolution
background selection
phenomenon inducing a loss of genetic diversity
balancing selection
any biological selection process that maintains genetic variation in the population