Selection may refer to:
Science
Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution
Sex selection, in genetics
Mate selection, in mating
Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
Human mating strategies, in human sexuality
Social selection, within social groups
Selection (linguistics), the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria Selection effect, a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected A selection, or choice function, a function that selects an element from a set
Religion
Divine selection, selection by God
Papal selection, selection by clergy
Computing
Selection (user interface) X Window selection Selection (genetic algorithm) Selection (relational algebra) Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the kth smallest number in a list
Other uses
Preselection (or selection) of candidates in British elections
Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
Selected (album), the compilation album by Recoil
Selection (album), by 54•40
Selection (Nazi concentration camps) The Selection, a novel by Kiera Cass A store brand used by Metro Inc.