| selene |
Suffix meaning moon or lunar in terms related to meteorological optics. The plural is selena. Compare helion.
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| selection coefficient |
The proportion by which the fitness of a genotype is less than the fitness of a standard genotype, which is usually the genotype with the highest fitness. In general, relative fitness = 1 - s.
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| selection pressure |
The intensity of selection acting on a population of organisms or cells in culture. Its effectiveness is measured in terms of differential survival and reproduction, and consequently in change in the frequency of alleles in a population.
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| selectivity |
(see exploitation pattern)
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| self-fertilization |
The process by which pollen of a given plant fertilizes the ovules of the same plant. Plants fertilized in this way are said to have been selfed. An analogous process occurs in some animals, such as nematodes and molluscs.
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