Directional, Stabilizing, and Disruptive Selection Biology

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Directional Selection

form of natural selection in which individuals at one end of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals in the middle or at the other end of the curve.

Stabilizing Selection

form of natural selection in which individuals near the center of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals at either end of the curve

Disruptive Selection

natural selection in which individuals at the upper and lower ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle of the curve


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