Natural selection can favor directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection in the same population simultaneously.

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Natural selection typically favors one type of selection (directional, stabilizing, or disruptive) in a given trait within a population based on the specific environmental pressures at that time, rather than all three simultaneously. Each type of selection has distinct effects on the population's genetic variance and is usually driven by different selective pressures.

Natural Selection Can Favor Directional, Stabilizing, and Disruptive Selection in the Same