Intrasexual is where the males of the species fight over food, land, or women. Intersexual is how well one female or male looks.
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Intersexual selection refers to individuals of one sex choosing partners based on specific traits, often related to mate quality. Intrasexual selection involves competition between members of the same sex for access to mates, typically through aggressive or dominant behaviors.
Purifying selection removes harmful genetic variations, while positive selection promotes beneficial genetic variations in natural selection.
Artificial selection and natural selection are not the same at the molecular level. Artificial selection is driven by human breeding preferences, which can lead to rapid and targeted changes in molecular traits. In contrast, natural selection is driven by environmental pressures, leading to adaptations that improve an organism's fitness in its natural environment.
Adaptation is a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment, while natural selection is the process by which organisms with advantageous adaptations are more likely to survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. In other words, adaptation is the result of natural selection.
Positive selection refers to the process in which advantageous traits are favored and passed on to future generations, leading to an increase in their frequency in a population. Purifying selection, on the other hand, eliminates harmful or deleterious traits from a population, reducing their frequency over time. In essence, positive selection promotes the spread of beneficial traits, while purifying selection removes harmful traits from a population.
"Choice" refers to the option to pick among various alternatives, while "selection" refers to the act of choosing something specific from those options. In other words, choice is the availability of options, while selection is the actual decision-making process of choosing one option over the others.