seleção sexual
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- selecção sexual (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.leˈsɐ̃w̃ sek.suˈaw/ [se.leˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /se.leˈsɐ̃w̃ sekˈswaw/ [se.leˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ sekˈswaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.lɛˈsɐ̃w̃ sɛˈkswal/ [sɨ.lɛˈsɐ̃w̃ sɛˈkswaɫ]
Noun
seleção sexual f (uncountable)
- (evolutionary theory) sexual selection (type of natural selection)