Question

The average birth weight for human babies is about 3 kg. Which of the following terms best describes this? 1. Sexual selection 2. Disruptive selection 3. Artificial selection 4. Stabilizing selection 5. Directional selection

Answer 1

Answer:

Stabilizing selection

Explanation:

Stabilizing selection is a form of natural selection that is greatly favoured by the average individuals in a given population.

Stabilizing selection is responsible for a number of characteristics in humans and animals.Stabilizing selection functions perfectly on characteristics that are polygenic.

Babies that have a low birth weight tends to be weak and go through a lot of different health issues, while babies wth high birth weight will experience a lot of difficulty and complications during childbirth which may lead to their death and eventual death of their mothers.