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den301095 [7]
3 years ago
12

What is the best definition of directional selection

Biology
2 answers:
OverLord2011 [107]3 years ago
7 0

In population genetics, directional selection is a mode of natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotype, causing the allele frequency to shift over time in the direction of that phenotype

vodomira [7]3 years ago
6 0

Directional selection is a mode of natural selection an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes this causes the allele to shift over time in the direction of the favored phenotype

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