How do stabilizing and disruptive selection differ?
A. Stabilizing selection produces adaptation. Disruptive selection is nonadaptive.
B. With stabilizing selection, the phenotype for a trait does not influence survival. With disruptive selection, the phenotype for a trait affects survival.
C. Stabilizing selection reduces the amount of variation in a trait. Disruptive selection increases the amount of variation in a trait.
D. With stabilizing selection, extreme individuals have high biological fitness. With disruptive selection, extreme individuals have low biological fitness.
Ans: C. Stabilizing selection reduces the amount of variation in a trait. Disruptive selection increases the amount of variation in a trait.
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