In Disruptive Selection, Over Time

question 44

Multiple Choice

In disruptive selection, over time

• A)a population increases its variation (e.g., a wide selection of all beak sizes).
• B)the population is strongly selected for in two directions (e.g., larger beak size and smaller beak size).
• C)a population goes extinct.
• D)the most extreme outliers of a population are eliminated (e.g., the largest beaks and smallest beaks are eliminated).

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