分ぶん断だん選せん択たく

noun

disruptive selection

A technical term in evolutionary biology referring to natural selection that favors extreme trait values over intermediate ones, potentially leading to speciation.

• 分ぶん断だん選せん択たくは、集しゅう団だん内ないの極きょく端たんな形けい質しつを好このむ自し然ぜん選せん択たくの一いち形けい態たいである。

  Disruptive selection is a form of natural selection that favors extreme traits within a population.