"disruptive selection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} disruptive selection (uncountable)
  1. A form of natural selection in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values, causing subpopulations of a single species within the same habitat to develop different adaptations. Wikipedia link: disruptive selection Tags: uncountable
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