Question

In a population of finches, birds with small, thick beaks can efficiently crack the seeds of one species of plant, while birds with long, thin beaks can efficiently crack the seeds of another plant species. Birds with medium-sized beaks cannot efficiently eat either kind of seed. After many generations, the distribution of beak size in these birds will be _______________ because of ___________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

"U"-shaped, with peaks at the low and high extremes of beak size; disruptive selection