Natural selection that shifts the adaptation of an entire population toward one extreme is known as ____.
A) stabilizing selection
B) directional selection
C) disruptive selection
D) artificial selection
E) sexual selection

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Directional selection occurs when natural selection favors one extreme phenotype over the mean or other extremes, leading to a shift in the population's phenotypic distribution toward that extreme.

Natural Selection That Shifts the Adaptation of an Entire Population