Stabilizing Selection
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What is an example of stabilizing selection?
Gall flies laying eggs in developing shoots of the tall goldenrod.
What happens to genetic diversity during stabilizing selection?
Genetic diversity decreases
What happens during Stabilizing Selection?
Intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at the extremes
What is Stabilizing Selection?
Pathway of natural selection
What happens at the intermediate phenotype rather than shifting toward one extreme?
The distribution becomes stable
What is one effect of this process?
The intermediate phenotype is favored and becomes more common in the population
