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Which type of selection leads to increased phenotypic and genetic variation?
directional selection
disruptive selection
stabilizing selection
species selection
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Disruptive selection.
It favors extreme phenotypes at both ends of a trait distribution, maintaining or increasing genetic and phenotypic variance (and can promote bimodality and eventual population divergence).
It favors extreme phenotypes at both ends of a trait distribution, maintaining or increasing genetic and phenotypic variance (and can promote bimodality and eventual population divergence).
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