Three types of natural selection Classify each description a

Three types of natural selection Classify each description according to the type of natural selection it describes.

Solution

Stabilizing selection

Natural selection favors intermediate phenotypes over the extreme phenotypes

Selection act to eliminate one extreme from an array of phenotypes

Directional selection

The distribution curve shifts in the direction of single extreme phenotype

Selects for a midsized body for example

Disruptive selection

Selection act to eliminate the intermediate phenotype

Natural selection favors extreme phenotypes over the intermediate phenotypes