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-A large cat predator in the forest has been preying on the lizards.The lizards are forced to find a new habitat and start living in hollowed out branches in the trees.The larger lizards cannot fit into the nest holes,and the smaller lizards cannot climb high enough to find the nest holes.The lizards with medium body sizes are favored.This is ____________ selection.

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-A large cat predator in the forest has been preying on the lizards.The lizards are forced to find a new habitat and start living in hollowed out branches in the trees.The larger lizards cannot fit into the nest holes,and the smaller lizards cannot climb high enough to find the nest holes.The lizards with medium body sizes are favored.This is ____________ selection.

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Stabilizing selection favors the intermediate variants in a population by selecting against extreme traits, in this case, against both the larger and smaller lizards, favoring those of medium size.

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