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Revision as of 01:07, 21 March 2017 by Oshwah (talk | contribs) (Reverted edits by 2601:646:4201:8350:0:0:0:1 (talk) (HG) (3.1.22))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Negative selection may refer to:
In biology
- Negative selection (natural selection), the selective removal of rare alleles that are deleterious
- Negative selection (artificial selection), when negative, rather than positive, traits of a species are selected for
In politics
- Negative selection (politics), a process that occurs in rigid hierarchies, most notably dictatorships
In immunology
- Negative selection (immunology), in which B-cells and T-cells that recognize MHC molecules bound to peptides of self-origin, or just MHC molecules with high affinity are deleted from the repertoire of immune cells.
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