单词sexual selection
na.: 【生】性选择
网络: 性择
【生物学】性选择,雌性淘汰
Sexual selection would certainly have been a powerful driving force behind evolution in northern Europeans.
迁徙到北欧以后的演化中，性选择毫无无疑成为更为强大的推动力。
"We suggest the mane"s evolution is the result of sexual selection, " said West, a doctoral candidate whose dissertation led to the paper.
著文指导该项研究的博士候选人瓦斯特说：“我们认为鬃毛的进化是性别选择的必然结果”。
Researchers have tended to consider human sexual selection through the lens of the female"s choice of her mate.
研究者往往通过女性对其配偶的选择来考虑人类的性选择。
Consider the vast antlers of the north American bull elk: they"re the result of sexual selection balanced by other selective pressures.
想一想北美麋鹿的例子。麋鹿有一对巨大的鹿角，这是择偶和其他选择性压力互相平衡的结果。
His shimmering train of feathers tipped with eye-shaped spots ranks among the most cited examples of what Darwin called sexual selection.
雄孔雀那闪烁着光泽的带有眼状斑的尾羽，是达尔文的性选择理论的最典型例证。
This is curious because the idea of female choice was such an integral (albeit controversial) component of his concept of sexual selection.
这是难以理解的，因为雌性选择是他关于性选择这样一个概念中不可分割的组成部分（尽管是有争议的）。
That was a momentous observation. We realized that the eggs kicked off the entire sexual selection process.
我们意识到这些卵开启了整个择性过程。
In terms of sexual selection, there"s definitely something going on around symmetry.
在性伴侣的选择上，人类肯定是围绕着对称进行的。
Some biologists go so far as to blame sexual selection for the conspicuous consumption that threatens humanity"s future.
一些生物学家甚至走得更远，他们把“显眼的消费将毁灭人类的未来”归为性选择的罪过。
But if music is functional, it may be that sexual selection and social selection have actually given each other a helping hand.
但若音乐果真是一种工具，可能是性选择和社会选择相互作用的结果。