Figure 25.2 Use the Following Information When Answering the Corresponding Question(s)

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Figure 25.2
Use the following information when answering the corresponding question(s)
Martin Wikelski and L.Michael Romero (Body size,performance and fitness in Galápagos marine iguanas,Integrative and Comparative Biology 43 [2003]:376-86) measured the snout-to-vent (anus) length of Galápagos marine iguanas and observed the percent survival of different-sized animals,all of the same age.Figure 25.2 shows the log snout-vent length (SVL,a measure of overall body size) plotted against the percent survival of these different size classes for males and females.

-Examine Figure 25.2.What type of selection for body size appears to be occurring in these marine iguanas?

• A)directional selection
• B)stabilizing selection
• C)disruptive selection
• D)You cannot determine the type of selection from the above information.

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