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Why is it thought that the majority of natural selection is stabilizing selection?.

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Why is it thought that the majority of natural selection is stabilizing selection? Mutations produce extreme phenotypes, which are selected for. Artificial selection is the most common, which is a type of stabilizing selection. Most mutations are beneficial and produce intermediate phenotypes.

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