NEET Biology question

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Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents:

(A)Directional selection, as it pushes the mean of the character in one directionCorrect
(B)Disruptive selection, as it splits the population into two, one yielding higher output and the other lower output
(C)Stabilising selection followed by disruptive selection
(D)Stabilising selection

Answer: (A)

Solution

Consistently selecting cows for ever-higher milk yield shifts the population mean progressively in one

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