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Give one example of stabilizing selection.

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### Step-by-Step Text Solution 1. **Understanding Stabilizing Selection**: Stabilizing selection is a type of natural selection that favors the average or intermediate phenotypes in a population. It reduces variation and maintains the status quo for a particular trait. 2. **Graphical Representation**: If we visualize stabilizing selection on a graph, we would see a bell-shaped curve where the highest frequency of individuals is found around the average trait value. This indicates that extreme traits (both high and low) are selected against. ...
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