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post-seˈlection, n. and a.
A. n. [post- A. 1 b.] Selection, spec. natural selection, occurring subsequently.
B. adj. [post- B. 1 a.] Occurring after selection; of or pertaining to a time after selection.
1928Funk's Stand. Dict., Post-selection, natural selection carried on after the character of the animal has appeared. 1941J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man ii. 56 Once the immigrants were established in the country, selection continued. This post-selection..must on the whole have encouraged and discouraged the same qualities favoured by pre-selection. 1946Nature 7 Sept. 320/2 The main business of post-selection training for the Colonial Service will be carried out for the present in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. 1977A. W. F. Edwards Found. Math. Genetics iii. 23 Starting at the point representing zygotic proportions before selection.., the population will move to the corresponding post-selection point. |