selective advantage

selective advantage
The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection

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  • преимущество при отборе — selective advantage (advance) селективное преимущество, преимущество при отборе. Повышенная выживаемость одного генотипа по отношению к другому, выражающаяся в его вытеснении из общей экологической ниши. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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