The medium ground finch is one of Darwin's finches that inhabits an island in the Galapagos. It has a small beak that it uses to eat small, soft seeds. In 1977, a drought eliminated all but the hard, large seeds. The birds who had larger beaks were able to find food and survive to reproduce while the birds who had small beaks could not find food and died. Within a few generations, the beak size of the medium ground finch increased by 10%. What type of selection is this? * O Disruptive O Stabilizing D Directional Sympatric

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The medium ground finch is one of Darwin's finches that inhabits an island in the
Galapagos. It has a small beak that it uses to eat small, soft seeds. In 1977, a
drought elimninated all but the hard, large seeds. The birds who had larger beaks
were able to find food and survive to reproduce while the birds who had small
beaks could not find food and died. Within a few generations, the beak size of
the medium ground finch increased by 10%. What type of selection is this?*
Disruptive
O Stabilizing
O Directional
O Sympatric
Transcribed Image Text:The medium ground finch is one of Darwin's finches that inhabits an island in the Galapagos. It has a small beak that it uses to eat small, soft seeds. In 1977, a drought elimninated all but the hard, large seeds. The birds who had larger beaks were able to find food and survive to reproduce while the birds who had small beaks could not find food and died. Within a few generations, the beak size of the medium ground finch increased by 10%. What type of selection is this?* Disruptive O Stabilizing O Directional O Sympatric
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