Which of the following types of selection is typically associated with quantitative traits?
A) disruptive selection only
B) both stabilizing and disruptive selection
C) stabilizing selection only
D) balancing selection

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Quantitative traits involve variation in continuous traits such as height, weight, or blood pressure. Stabilizing selection maintains the common intermediate phenotype, which may be important in quantitative traits. Disruptive selection may also affect quantitative traits when it favors extreme phenotypes, leading to greater phenotypic variation. Therefore, both stabilizing and disruptive selection can be associated with quantitative traits. Balancing selection refers to selection that maintains multiple alleles in a population and is not typically associated with quantitative traits.

Which of the Following Types of Selection Is Typically Associated