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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.1A.HL.TZ1.35
Level HL Paper 1A Time zone TZ1
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19M.1A.HL.TZ1.35

Natural selection can operate in different ways. What is the effect of disruptive selection?

A. It eliminates individuals with intermediate forms of a characteristic.

B. It eliminates individuals at random regardless of their characteristics.

C. It favours individuals with intermediate forms of a characteristic.

D. It favours individuals at one extreme of the range of variation in a characteristic.

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