Question

A population contains short plants and tall plants. The short plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. The tall plants, however, are more susceptible to wind damage. Which type of selection will this population of plants most likely experience?

Answer 1

Answer: D

Stabalizing Selection

Choices:

directional selection

disruptive selection

species selection

stabilizing selection

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Answer 2

This is a type of stabilizing selection

Step-by-step explanation:

• In stabilizing selection, the intermediate traits are more favorable than the extreme trait.

• This type of natural selection is more favorable as the traits don't change drastically over a time.
• In this type of natural selection, the population stabilizes on against a particular non extreme value.
• In this above scenario, both the tall and dwarf plants are affected by either wind or sunlight but the intermediate traits will be more favorable to the nature.