Disruptive Selection

Disruptive selection favors forms at both ends of the range of variation and selects against the intermediate forms. An example is certain finches in Africa that have either large or small bills, but no sizes in between.

This animation (Audio - Important) describes disruptive selection.

The Natural Selection tutorial is a good review of Stabilizing Selection, Directional Selection, and Disruptive Selection.

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