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selection (s) (noun), selections (pl)
1. An act of choosing someone or something from a wide variety of others: "Selections that result because they are regarded with special favor or liking."
2. A carefully chosen or representative collection of people or things: "A selection of things chosen or the offerings to be chosen from among other similar items."
3. A natural or artificial process that favors or induces survival and perpetuation of one kind of organism over others that die or fail to produce offspring: "A distinct selection of a plant, sexual or asexual in origin, selected and propagated for monetary reasons or beauty."
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adverse-selection problem
That which takes place when a buyer or seller entering a disadvantageous contract on the basis of incomplete or inaccurate information because the cost of obtaining the relevant information is higher for a buyer or seller than the other party involved in the transaction.
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kin selection
The selection of genes as a result of one or more individuals' favoring or disfavoring the survival and reproduction of relatives who possess the same genes by common descent which usually excludes offspring.
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