When individuals with intermediate values of an inherited phenotypic trait, like head circumference at birth, have an advantage over other individuals in the population, ________ is the apparent pattern of natural selection. a. stabilizing selection b. disruptive selection c. genetic drift d. directional selection

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A. directional selection only;

B. disruptive selection only

C. stabilizing selection only

D. two of these would explain this

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