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MeSH Heading: Sexual Selection
Tree Number(s): G05.783.500
Unique ID: D000082723
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000082723
Scope Note: A type of natural selection in which members of one sex choose to mate with members of the other sex that have genetically different components.
Entry Term(s): Intersexual Selection
NLM Classification #: QU 520
Previous Indexing: Selection, Genetic (1963-2020)
See Also: Mating Preference, Animal; Sex Characteristics
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Sexual Selection MeSH Descriptor Data 2024