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Stabilizing selection differs from directional selection becausea. in the former, phenotypic variation is reduced but the average phenotype stays the same, whereas in the latter both the variation and the mean phenotype change.b. the former requires genetic variation, but the latter does not. c. intermediate phenotypes are favored in directional selection. d. None of the choices is correct.
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