survival value

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noun

the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.

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How to use survival value in a sentence

Is it that the communication of joy has no survival value for us, while the communication of distress has?
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Having once originated, the sexual type of reproduction possessed a definite survival value which assured its continuation.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
Complete telepathic blankness would have a high survival value.
Indirection|Everett B. Cole
Things always prove their survival value, that is to say the real things last, while the shams are sooner or later extinguished.
Spirit and Music|H. Ernest Hunt

Survival value indeed, as applied to men in groups, is not a very clear concept.
The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge
There may be several different criteria of survival value, not comparable in any quantitative way among themselves.
The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge