A scientist measures the circumference of acorns in a population of oak trees and discovers that the most common circumference is 2 cm. what would you expect the most common circumference (s) to be after 10 generations of diversifying selection?

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Gunnar Meyers

Biology

23 July, 18:50

A scientist measures the circumference of acorns in a population of oak trees and discovers that the most common circumference is 2 cm. what would you expect the most common circumference (s) to be after 10 generations of diversifying selection?

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Alexander Gonzales · Answer 1

Disruptive selection or diversifying selection describes the changes in population genetics where extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values.

So according to this definition, the conclusion can be derived as:

The most common circumference (s) to be after 10 generations of diversifying selection will be greater than 2 cm and less than 2 cm.