What Are The Different Types Of Selections? (Ch.15) Flashcards
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What is stabilizing selection
A
Natural selection that favors intermediate phenotypes (average individuals)
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What is Directional selection
A
When natural selection favors one of the extremes of a trait
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What is Disruptive selection
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When individuals with either extreme for a trait will be selected for-instead of average individuals
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What’s an example of disruptive selection
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when the ground is two different colors but the species/animal living on it isn’t either of the two colors
