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stabilizing selection

stabilizing selection Stabilizing selection is a pattern in which environmental stress favors survival of individuals with a particular phenotype, while those showing less stable development are less fit.

Stabilizing selection is a pattern in which environmental stress favors survival of individuals with a particular phenotype, while those showing less stable development are less fit. At the population level, this tends to narrow the range of observed traits.

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Drafting source: Weinkauf Manuel F. G.; Bonitz Fabian G. W.; Martini Rossana; Kučera Michal. An extinction event in planktonic Foraminifera preceded by stabilizing selection. 2019; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0223490; article XML SHA-256 fdd928c387cba6cd05b4b1db969651972e63c34335a2ead8ff8568f63572c10e. “An extinction event in planktonic Foraminifera preceded by stabilizing selection” (10.1371/journal.pone.0223490).
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