carlos is collecting data about the length of earthworms in his backyard. the shortest worm he found is 4…

carlos is collecting data about the length of earthworms in his backyard. the shortest worm he found is 4 inches long; the longest worm is 8 inches long. if most of the worms are either short or long, which type of distribution is displayed in the population?\ndirectional\ndisruptive\nstabilizing\nnormal

carlos is collecting data about the length of earthworms in his backyard. the shortest worm he found is 4 inches long; the longest worm is 8 inches long. if most of the worms are either short or long, which type of distribution is displayed in the population?\ndirectional\ndisruptive\nstabilizing\nnormal

Answer

Brief Explanations:

In disruptive selection, extreme phenotypes are favored over intermediate ones. Here, most earth - worms are either short or long (extreme phenotypes), not of intermediate lengths. Directional selection favors one extreme over the other and the intermediate. Stabilizing selection favors the intermediate phenotype. Normal distribution is a statistical concept not related to this type of biological selection context.

Answer:

disruptive