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Question
Based on the table given below, identify the type of natural selection taking place.
| Size of the seeds | % of germination |
| Small | 75% |
| Medium | 15% |
| Large | 75% |
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Solution
Disruptive selection generates a population with two extreme variants of a trait as the dominant phenotype. In disruptive selection, both extreme features are preferred.
The above chart outlines the disruptive type selection.
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