Selection bias — is a statistical bias in which there is an error in choosing the individuals or groups to take part in a scientific study.[1] It is sometimes referred to as the selection effect. The term selection bias most often refers to the distortion of a… … Wikipedia
Selection (disambiguation) — Selection may refer to:* Selection, in the context of biological evolution * in computer science ** Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the k th smallest number in a list ** Selection (genetic algorithm) ** Selection (relational algebra) … Wikipedia
correlated response — A change in one character (phenotype) occurring as an incidental consequence of selection for a seemingly independent character, such as reduced fertility resulting from selection for high bristle number in pomace or vinegar flies ( Drosophila ) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
Sexual selection — This article is about the evolutionary concept. For the selection of the sex of offspring, see sex selection. Goldie s Bird of paradise: Ornamented male above; female below. Paradesia decora by John Gerrard Keulemans (d.1912) Sexual selection, a… … Wikipedia
Major Histocompatibility Complex and Sexual Selection — A pathogen is any agent that causes disease. The body has two defense mechanisms for dealing with pathogenic microorganisms and other harmful substances: the inflammatory reaction and the development of an acquired immunity. Acquired immunity… … Wikipedia
Deployment cost–benefit selection in physiology — concerns the costs and benefits of physiological process that can be deployed and selected in regard to whether they will increase or not an animal’s survival and biological fitness. Variably deployable physiological processes relate mostly to… … Wikipedia
Отбор корреляционный отбора вторичный эффект — Отбор корреляционный, отбора вторичный эффект * адбор карэляцыйны, адбору другасны эфект * correlated selection or secondary effect of s. изменение признаков, не подвергающихся прямому отбору, в результате их корреляции (см.) с отбираемыми… … Генетика. Энциклопедический словарь
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Validity (statistics) — In psychology, validity has two distinct fields of application. The first involves test validity, a concept that has evolved with the field of psychometrics but which textbooks still commonly gloss over in explaining that it is the degree to… … Wikipedia
History of zoology (through 1859) — This article considers the history of zoology before the theory of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.Pre scientific zoologyHumans have been fascinated by the other members of the animal kingdom throughout history. In early Europe, they … Wikipedia