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Disruptive Selection Operates Whenever

Question 59

Question 59

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Disruptive selection operates whenever


A) natural selection is disrupted by genetic drift.
B) there is a balanced gene pool.
C) only the smallest individuals survive.
D) the extremes in a distribution of phenotypes survive better than the average of a distribution.

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