英语词汇“runaway selection”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

runaway selection

Biology

noun

Sexual selection for traits which do not contribute to survival or which are detrimental to it, but which nevertheless increase the reproductive success of animals possessing them, so that there is positive feedback for their maintenance and augmentation over the generations; more fully runaway sexual selection.

Sexual ornamentation such as the elaborate tail of the male peacock is cited as a typical example of this..

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Science.

单词	runaway selection
释义	runaway selection Biology noun Sexual selection for traits which do not contribute to survival or which are detrimental to it, but which nevertheless increase the reproductive success of animals possessing them, so that there is positive feedback for their maintenance and augmentation over the generations; more fully runaway sexual selection. Sexual ornamentation such as the elaborate tail of the male peacock is cited as a typical example of this.. Origin 1970s; earliest use found in Science.
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