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which organisms are most likely to survive in a population in which disruptive selection is occurring?
organisms that have average traits
organisms that have extreme traits
organisms that have the greatest number of offspring
organisms that are the largest and strongest
Disruptive selection (also called diversifying selection) favors extreme phenotypes over intermediate (average) ones. So organisms with extreme traits are more likely to survive in such a selection. Organisms with average traits are favored in stabilizing selection, not disruptive. The number of offspring or being largest/strongest aren't direct results of disruptive selection's mechanism.
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B. organisms that have extreme traits