Measurements of bill length in a population of seed-eating birds reveals two distinct groups: small-billed individuals feeding on soft-shelled seeds and large-billed individuals feeding on hard-shelled seeds

This bimodal distribution most likely resulted from A) stabilizing selection.
B) natural selection.
C) directional selection.
D) disruptive selection.


D

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