Usually means: Natural selection through mating success.
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  1. sexual selection: Merriam-Webster
  2. sexual selection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sexual selection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sexual selection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sexual selection: Wordnik
  6. sexual selection: Wiktionary
  7. sexual selection: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. sexual selection: Dictionary.com
  9. Sexual selection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sexual selection: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sexual selection: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sexual selection: Legal dictionary

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  1. sexual selection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. sexual selection: Medical dictionary

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  1. sexual selection: Evolution Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sexual selection)

noun:  (evolutionary theory) A type of natural selection where members of the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.

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