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Assertion: Disruptive selection changes the population towareds one particular direction.
Reason: This type of selection favours average sized individuals.

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Distruptive type of selection favours both small-sized and large-sized individuals. It eliminates most of members with mean expression, so produces two peaks in the distribution of the trait that may lead to development of two different population.
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