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[[File:Sexual_sele.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~robertcox/Teaching_files/lecture9.ppt Source]]] | [[File:Sexual_sele.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~robertcox/Teaching_files/lecture9.ppt Source]]] | ||
Selection refers to a mechanism that decides who gets to pass on their genes to the next generation. '''Sexual selection''' | Selection refers to a mechanism that decides who gets to pass on their genes to the next generation. '''Sexual selection''' refers to selection done by members of the opposite sex e.g. in accordance to their ''mate preferences'', but also the choices of parents and other family members influencing mating (e.g. arranged marriages) are also subsumed under sexual selection. | ||
=== Sexual selection can increase but also decrease fitness === | === Sexual selection can increase but also decrease fitness === | ||