NEET Biology question

Stabilizing selection favors

(A)both extreme forms of a trait
(B)intermediate forms of a traitCorrect
(C)environmental differences
(D)One extreme form over the other extreme form and over intermediate forms of a trait.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Stabilising selection favours average-sized (intermediate) individuals while eliminating both extremes; it reduces variation and so does not promote evolutionary change, instead maintaining the mean value from generation to generation. (By contrast, directional selection shifts

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