Extensive data from hospitals have shown that infants born with intermediate weights are the ones most likely to survive. This is a classic example of which type of selection?
A) directional selection
B) stabilizing selection
C) disruptive selection
D) natural selection
E) no selection

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Stabilizing selection favors the average individuals in a population, which in this case are the infants with intermediate weights, leading to higher survival rates.

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