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Stabilizing Selection , stabilizing selection(maintenance evolution, normalizing selection) Natural selection that selects against extremes at either end of the range of phe… Directional Selection , directional selection Natural selection that favours the establishment of one particular advantageous mutation within a population, resulting in a ch… Alarm Response , alarm response An immediate response to any stimulus that potentially threatens the wellbeing of an organism. It involves the release of adrenaline a… R-selection , r-selection A selection for maximizing the intrinsic rate of increase (r) of an organism so that when favourable conditions occur (e.g. in a newly fo… disruptive selection , disruptive selection Selection that changes the frequency of alleles in a divergent manner, leading to the fixation of alternative alleles in members… Select , se·lect / səˈlekt/ • v. [tr.] carefully choose as being the best or most suitable: students must select their own program | [tr.] he has been selecte…
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