# sexual selection

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of natural selection where members of the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.

## Etymology
Coined by Charles Darwin in his work The Descent of Man (1871).

## Source
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