Title: selection components
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - selection components
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15024
Status: current

Definition
Components of the life cycle of an individual upon which natural selection can act. They are viability selection, sexual selection, meiotic drive, gametic selection, and fecundity selection.

Related Terms
- gametic selection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14708
- meiotic drive: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14842
- sexual selection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15030
- viability selection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15124

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 944 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15024/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15024/xml

Citation: Citation: 'selection components' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15024
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