Question

what type of natural selection did the peppered moth population undergo as it changed from one color to another? stabilizing natural selection disruptive natural selection directional natural selection

Explanation:

• Stabilizing natural selection: Favors the average phenotype. But the peppered moth population changed from one color (e.g., light - colored) to another (e.g., dark - colored), which is not about maintaining an average.
• Disruptive natural selection: Favors extreme phenotypes over the average. The peppered moth case is not about favoring two extreme phenotypes simultaneously.
• Directional natural selection: Shifts the population phenotype towards a new extreme. In the industrial revolution, due to pollution (darkened tree trunks), the dark - colored moths (a new extreme compared to the previous light - colored dominant population) were favored as they had better camouflage from predators.

Answer:

directional natural selection