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describe stabilizing selection, directional selection,and disruptive selection, and identify which ones may beresponsible for the long periods of stasis observed in the fossilrecord

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How do stabilizing and disruptive selection differ?

1.With stabilizing selection, the phenotype for a trait does not influence survival. With disruptive selection, the phenotype for a trait affects survival.

2. Stabilizing selection reduces the amount of variation in a trait. Disruptive selection increases the amount of variation in a trait.

3.With stabilizing selection, extreme individuals have high biological fitness. With disruptive selection, extreme individuals have low biological fitness.

4.Stabilizing selection produces adaptation. Disruptive selection is nonadaptive.

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