Selection pressure — Science definition
The force determining which individuals leave more offspring; applied hard and long it produces a population excellent at one thing and uniform in everything else.
Where it is taught
- Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity — Evolution, Evidence & Life History, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
A selection pressure applied hard and long produces a population that is excellent at one thing and has little variation left to meet anything else, which is why uniform crops are vulnerable to new diseases.
Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity