Question

in which type of selection does a change in the environment favor the survival and reproduction of individuals exhibiting one type of extreme phenotype in a population?
○ disruptive or diversifying selection
○ directional selection
○ frequency - dependent selection
○ stabilizing selection

Explanation:

Directional selection occurs when environmental changes favor one extreme phenotype in a population, leading to a shift in the population's trait distribution toward that extreme. Disruptive selection favors both extremes, stabilizing selection favors the average phenotype, and frequency-dependent selection depends on the phenotype's prevalence, not its extremeness. Thus, the described scenario matches directional selection.

Answer:

directional selection