A population contains short plants and tall plants. The short plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. The tall plants, however, are more susceptible to wind damage. Which type of selection are the plants experiencing? directional selection disruptive selection species selection stabilizing selection

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Alberto Ortega

Biology

28 March, 08:05

A population contains short plants and tall plants. The short plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. The tall plants, however, are more susceptible to wind damage. Which type of selection are the plants experiencing? directional selection disruptive selection species selection stabilizing selection

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Eliana Kemp · Answer 1

The answer is stabilizing selection

Elian Gordon · Answer 2

A population contains short plants and tall plants. The short plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. The tall plants, however, are more susceptible to wind damage. The plants are experiencing stabilizing selection.