Why do disruptive selection pressures tend to favor rapid evolutionary changes? a. They result in sudden gene frequency changes. b. They eliminate extreme genetic traits. c. They select for one variation of a genetic trait. d. They result in environmental adaptation.

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Jazlene

20 May, 20:02

Why do disruptive selection pressures tend to favor rapid evolutionary changes? a. They result in sudden gene frequency changes. b. They eliminate extreme genetic traits. c. They select for one variation of a genetic trait. d. They result in environmental adaptation.

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Clare Campos · Answer 1

The answer is (a.) They result in sudden gene frequency changes

The disruptive selection which is also known as diversifying selection tends to favor rapid evolutionary changes due to sudden changes in gene frequency. On this changes, the populations are divided into 2 distinct groups.