Stabilizing selection
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Stabilizing selection is a type of natural selection in which the population mean stabilizes on a particular non-extreme trait value. This is thought to be the most common mechanism of action for natu
Bicyclus anynana with wing eyespot, which experiences stabilizing selection to avoid predation.
The Siberian husky experiences stabilizing selection in terms of their leg muscles, allowing them to be strong but light.
Assortative mating
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Assortative mating is a mating pattern and a form of sexual selection in which individuals with similar phenotypes or genotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under a ran
Stabilizing selection
…Ambidirectional dominance Assortative mating Balancing selection…
Leaf beetle
Japanese common toad