In a tropical forest some leaves are dark green and some are light green.In a population of caterpillars,homozygous dominant dark green caterpillars thrive eating the green foliage; homozygous recessive light green caterpillars thrive eating light green foliage; heterozygous caterpillars of an intermediate color green are easily seen by birds and eaten,thus there frequency is far less than the dominants or recessives.This is an example of ___ selection.
A) directional
B) stabilizing
C) disruptive
D) frequent
E) mutational

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This scenario describes disruptive selection, where extreme traits (dark green and light green caterpillars) are favored over intermediate traits (heterozygous caterpillars), leading to a decrease in the frequency of the intermediate phenotype.

In a Tropical Forest Some Leaves Are Dark Green and Some