Breeding by selecting specific phenotypes for crossing or propagation; (also) natural selection operating through the differential survival of specific phenotypes.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
Definition of phenotypic selection in US English:
phenotypic selection
noun
Genetics
Breeding by selecting specific phenotypes for crossing or propagation; (also) natural selection operating through the differential survival of specific phenotypes.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.