- negative selection; purifying selection
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- negative selection
- purifying selection
This term is used in genetics to refer to a process that eliminates harmful mutations from a population, ensuring that selective pressures favor the survival of alleles that are beneficial or neutral instead of deleterious.
Harmful mutations are eliminated through negative selection.
This term is often used interchangeably with negative selection, emphasizing the aspect of removing deleterious variants to purify the gene pool and promote genetic stability within a population.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ふのせんたく負の選択をするto engage in negative selectionふのせんたく負の選択あつ圧negative selection pressureふのせんたく負の選択りろん理論theory of negative selectionふのせんたく負の選択のけっか結果results of negative selectionふのせんたく負の選択もでるモデルmodel of negative selectionふのせんたく負の選択さよう作用effects of negative selection