Stabilizing selectionStabilizing Selection is a type of selection that favors intermediate variants and acts against extreme phenotypes. Stabilizing selection is the most common form of selection in nature.
Ex. Birth weight is a great example of stabilizing selection. It has been discovered that babies that are born with weight at the extremes of the spectrum have higher mortality rates. It is for this reason that there are an increasing number of babies are usually born in the intermediate weight category of six-seven pounds. |