Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Evolution

Question:

Natural selection in which more individuals acquire peripheral character value at both ends of the distribution curve shows which kind of selection trait?

Options:

Stabilising selection

Directional selection

Disruptive selection

Artificial selection

Correct Answer:

Disruptive selection

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option is (3) - Disruptive selection .

Disruptive selection : It is just the opposite of stabilizing selection i.e. the extremes have more adaptable phenotypes than the average ones. Consequently, the original population is disrupted into two or more separate groups that later evolve into new species . If disruptive selection results in many  new species then it is termed as adaptive radiation. This kind of selection is rare. Example. Black bellied seed cracker, Pyrenestes ostrinus (West African finch) reveals disruptive selection