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What effect does stabilizing selection have on variation in a population.

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Stabilizing selection results in a decrease of a population 's genetic variance when natural selection favors an average phenotype and selects against extreme variations. In directional selection, a population's genetic variance shifts toward a new phenotype when exposed to environmental changes.

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