Disruptive selection
Natural selection for extreme trait values over intermediate ones / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In evolutionary biology, disruptive selection, also called diversifying selection, describes changes in population genetics in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values. In this case, the variance of the trait increases and the population is divided into two distinct groups. In this more individuals acquire peripheral character value at both ends of the distribution curve.[1][2]
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