Types of Selection Flashcards
1
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What is directional selection?
A
Favours one extreme phenotype over intermediate phenotypes.
2
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What is stabilising selection?
A
Favours the intermediate phenotype over extremes.
3
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What is disruptive selection?
A
Favours both extreme variants rather than intermediate phenotypes.
4
Q
What is sexual selection?
A
Mode of natuaral selection where members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex.
5
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What is artificial selection?
A
Humans use animal and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which animal or plant males and females will have offspring together.
