Selection Pressure
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-27-2013
School
Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Abstract
Selection, either natural selection or artificial selection, is differential reproduction. The degree to which different types in the population reproduce differentially is the selection pressure. If, for example, only 10% of the population reproduces the selection pressure is twice as great as when 20% of the population is reproducing.
Publication Title
Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition
First Page
367
Last Page
369
Recommended Citation
Tracey, M.,
Balamurugan, K.
(2013). Selection Pressure. Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 367-369.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/20333
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