Question

Mortality in babies is an example of ______

• A. Disruptive selection
• B. Directional selection
• C. Stabilizing selection
• D. Abortion selection

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Stabilizing selection

• Mortality in babies is an example of stabilizing selection.

• It is all depended on the baby’s birth weight.

• The optimum birth weight is 7.3 pounds which favor this selection.

• Newborn infants with less than 5.5 pounds and more than 10 pounds have the highest mortality rate.