H the Figure Shown Here Represents Stabilizing Selection

question 13

Multiple Choice

h The figure shown here represents stabilizing selection.What happens when an individual is produced that possesses a trait far away from the mean value?

• A) That extreme individual will likely not survive and reproduce.
• B) That extreme individual will be more likely to survive and reproduce.
• C) That extreme individual will have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage than other individuals.
• D) All phenotypes have equal likelihood of surviving and reproducing.
• E) The average phenotype is less likely to survive and reproduce.

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