selection

the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"