normalizing selection

genetics
Also known as: centripedal selection, stabilizing selection

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natural selection

  • major evolutionary events
    In evolution: Stabilizing selection

    Natural selection can be studied by analyzing its effects on changing gene frequencies, but it can also be explored by examining its effects on the observable characteristics—or phenotypes—of individuals in a population. Distribution scales of phenotypic traits such as height, weight, number of…

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