Question

Stabilizing selection is the most common form of natural selection. It eliminates any extreme expression of a trait in a population of organisms when the average expression leads to a higher rate of survival. Stabilizing selection tends to

Answer 1

decrease genetic diversity

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is- Decrease the diversity in a population.  

Stabilizing selection is one of the most common forms of natural selection. It selects and includes the most common form in a population that is intermediate phenotype. It does not include the extreme traits of the population and therefore eliminates the expression of extreme traits.

The larger expression of average traits leads to their higher rate of survival and thus tends to decrease the genetic diversity in the population.