Sexual selection
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sexual-selection-169-14900294
title:
Sexual selection
text:
Sexual selection is a mechanism of evolution in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with, and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex. These two forms of selection mean that some individuals have greater reproductive success than others within a population, for example because they are more attractive or prefer more attractive partners to produce offspring. Successful males benefit from frequent mating and monopolizing
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Mode of natural selection involving the choosing of and competition for mates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection
date created:
2001-09-26T01:20:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:31:29Z
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