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

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.

answer: land bridge theory. land bridge theory held that shifting portions of dry land explained the finding of identical species on different continents. plate tectonic theory eventually eliminated the land bridge theory.

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