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Type of selection in evolution where a trait stabilizes around the average value
Stabilizing selection (not to be confused with negative or purifying selection) is a type of natural selection in which the population mean stabilizes
Stabilizing_selection
Type of genetic selection favoring one extreme phenotype
identified it as a type of natural selection along with stabilizing selection and disruptive selection. These types of selection also operate by favoring specific
Directional_selection
Biological factors limiting evolution
idea of stabilizing selection is that of the requirement that organisms function adequately in their environment. Thus, where stabilizing selection acts
Biological_constraints
Mechanism of evolution by differential reproduction
the unit of selection, or by the resource being competed for. Selection has different effects on phenotypic traits. Stabilizing selection acts to hold
Natural_selection
Fusion of natural selection with Mendelian inheritance
"Stabilizing selection and its place among factors of evolution" in 1941 and a monograph Factors of Evolution: The Theory of Stabilizing Selection in
Modern synthesis (20th century)
Modern_synthesis_(20th_century)
Retention of juvenile traits into adulthood
directional selection. In directional selection, a single phenotypic trait is driven by selection toward fixation in a population. In contrast, in stabilizing selection
Neoteny_in_humans
Russian zoologist (1884–1963)
evolutionary biologist of German descent. He developed the theory of stabilizing selection, and took part in the development of the modern evolutionary synthesis
Ivan_Schmalhausen
Natural selection for extreme trait values over intermediate ones
Disruptive selection. Character displacement Balancing selection Directional selection Negative selection (natural selection) Stabilizing selection Sympatric
Disruptive_selection
Organism resembling a form long shown in the fossil records
mistakenly declared as an absence of evolution, but they are examples of stabilizing selection, which is an evolutionary process—and perhaps the dominant process
Living_fossil
1859 book on evolution by Charles Darwin
and also show that Darwin did not see the role of natural selection in stabilizing selection: When we look to the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety
On_the_Origin_of_Species
Selective removal of alleles that are deleterious
purging Koinophilia Mutation–selection balance Stabilizing selection Loewe L (2008). "Negative selection". Nature Education. 1 (1): 59. Tien NS, Sabelis
Negative selection (natural selection)
Negative_selection_(natural_selection)
Change in the heritable traits of populations
(November 1979). "Excursions along the Interface between Disruptive and Stabilizing Selection". Genetics. 93 (3): 773–795. doi:10.1093/genetics/93.3.773. PMC 1214112
Evolution
Biological concept
the effects of stabilizing selection as it may be "an important counter force against the evolution of modularity". Stabilizing selection, if ubiquitously
Modularity_(biology)
Species of butterfly
known as stabilizing selection. Researchers hypothesize that female selection rather than predator avoidance has accounted for this stabilizing effect.
Bicyclus_anynana
generation. When the relationship is quadratic, selection may be stabilizing or disruptive. Stabilizing selection reduces variation in a trait within a population
Selection_gradient
Theory in evolutionary biology
mechanisms which have been suggested include: habitat tracking, stabilizing selection, the Stenseth-Maynard Smith stability hypothesis, constraints imposed
Punctuated_equilibrium
Evolutionary process
species comes to fit its surroundings better and better, resulting in stabilizing selection. On the other hand, it may happen that changes in the environment
Adaptation
Type of biological selective process
with most polymorphisms. Directional selection Disruptive selection Stabilizing selection Fluctuating selection Charlesworth, Deborah; Willis, John H
Balancing_selection
genetic variation underlying such traits is governed by stabilizing selection, in which natural selection acts to hold the population close to an optimal phenotype
Polygenic_adaptation
Process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species
reduced stabilizing selection phenotypic diversity can also increase. In addition, intraspecific competition will increase, promoting divergent selection to
Adaptive_radiation
theory – species – speciation – species flock – sperm competition – stabilizing selection – strain (biology) – subspecies – survival of the fittest – symbiogenesis
Index of evolutionary biology articles
Index_of_evolutionary_biology_articles
American scientist and author
wisdom that civilization has been a static environment which imposed stabilizing selection on humans, Cochran, along with like-minded anthropologists such
Gregory_Cochran
Species of beetle
it is likely that this stability has either been maintained by stabilizing selection or that cannibalism is neutrally evolving. Cannibalistic behaviors
Confused_flour_beetle
Species of beetle
jungle crows as predators. Interestingly, predation might act as a stabilizing selection pressure acting against the exaggeration and excessive evolution/propagation
Japanese_rhinoceros_beetle
Species of wasp
larger workers. Stabilizing selection is present to make a fixed number of workers regardless of nest size or food availability. The selection shifts toward
Polistes_metricus
Influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits
of pleiotropic genes on speciation. Likewise, pleiotropic gene's stabilizing selection allows for the allele frequency to be altered. Studies on fungal
Pleiotropy
Approximate power law relating animal metabolic rate to mass
networks are likely under strong stabilizing selection to evolve to minimize energy used for transport. If selection for greater metabolic rates is favored
Kleiber's_law
Species of spider in the family Theridiidae
2011). "Stabilizing selection maintains exuberant colour polymorphism in the spider Theridion californicum (Araneae, Theridiidae): SELECTION MAINTAINS
Theridion_grallator
selection Directional selection Balancing selection Disruptive selection Negative selection (natural selection) Stabilizing selection Haldane, J. B. S.;
Fluctuating_selection
Variants of the human immunodeficiency virus
other hosts, and this tendency for selection to favor intermediate strains shows that HIV undergoes stabilizing selection. The virus has also evolved to become
Subtypes_of_HIV
Perceived beauty of an 'averaged' face
Schmalhausen, I.I. (1949) "Factors of evolution: The theory of stabilizing selection." Philadelphia, Blackiston. Dobzhansky, T. (1970) "Genetics of the
Averageness
Species of sea urchin
species complex in the echinoid Echinocardium cordatum and rule out a stabilizing selection explanation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 94, Part
Echinocardium_cordatum
Term
explanations for this preference. Worthham, et al. (2018) propose that stabilizing selection (preference for people with normal appearances) may be responsible
Blonde versus brunette rivalry
Blonde_versus_brunette_rivalry
Scottish grain merchant, fruit farmer, forester, and landowner
natural selection as a mechanism in evolutionary adaptation and speciation (directional selection) and species constancy or stasis (stabilizing selection) in
Patrick_Matthew
Branch of psychology
adaptations either evolved during the Pleistocene or were maintained by stabilizing selection during the Pleistocene. Evolutionary psychology, therefore, proposes
Evolutionary_psychology
Group of closely related similar organisms
three different species that diverged over 5 million years ago. Stabilizing selection has been invoked as a force maintaining similarity in species complexes
Species_complex
Duplication of a gene sequence within a genome
Emerson JJ, Cardoso-Moreira M, Borevitz JO, Long M (June 2008). "Natural selection shapes genome-wide patterns of copy-number polymorphism in Drosophila
Gene_duplication
Biological experiments
Selection Experiments". Pp. 631–656. doi:10.1525/california/9780520247666.003.0020 Grant, B. S. & Mettler, L. E. (1969), "Disruptive and stabilizing selection
Laboratory experiments of speciation
Laboratory_experiments_of_speciation
Theory in the domain of evolutionary biology
University Press, New York. B. Charlesworth (2013). "Stabilizing selection, purifying selection, and mutational bias in finite populations". Genetics
Bias in the introduction of variation
Bias_in_the_introduction_of_variation
Extinct order of large marine reptiles
been a higher preference for tail-first births caused by strong stabilizing selection for this trait much earlier in the evolutionary history of every
Ichthyosauria
Scientific research of the 1918 influenza pandemic
strain, since some of the necessary mutations may be constrained by stabilizing selection. In the event of another pandemic, US military researchers have
Spanish_flu_research
Speciation that occurs between geographically isolated populations
S2CID 40390753 B. S. Grant; L. E. Mettler (1969), "Disruptive and stabilizing selection on the" escape" behavior of Drosophila melanogaster", Genetics,
Allopatric_speciation
Species of spider
unaffected by the quality of the diet. Female size may be undergoing stabilizing selection, which can explain the lack of variance in size despite diet changes
Larinioides_sclopetarius
Species of grasshopper
they also show variation in characteristics of the same song. Stabilizing selection has acted on male C. brunneus song. Males with intermediate song
Chorthippus_brunneus
difference in directional selection on C {\displaystyle C} between stabilizing selection (i.e. no sexual selection) and directional selection on T {\displaystyle
Genic_capture
Polymorphism of organellar DNA sequences in a cell
Jasmine K.; Harrower, William L.; Gorrell, Jamieson C. (2024-12-01). "Stabilizing selection and mitochondrial heteroplasmy in the Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis)"
Heteroplasmy
Ratio estimating the balance between nonsynonymous and synonymous substitutions
implies purifying or stabilizing selection (acting against change); and a ratio of exactly 1 indicates neutral (i.e. no) selection. However, a combination
Ka/Ks_ratio
environmental pressures to change course. This phenomenon, which he calls "stabilizing selection," puts genes and environment on a par in secondary importance compared
Creode
Study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures
comparative methods Selection Balancing selection Directional selection Disruptive selection Stabilizing selection r/K selection theory Somatic effort
Behavioral_ecology
Month of 1963
small differences in any other aspect, and proposed the theory of stabilizing selection. Gustaf Gründgens, 63, controversial German actor and film director
October_1963
American biologist
Precambrian-early Cambrian. The resulting forms were then "locked in" by stabilizing selection. Newman has proposed a theory for the evolution of cell differentiation
Stuart_Newman
development of intralocus sexual conflict, in which the first phase is stabilizing selection on a trait in both sexes. Intralocus conflict then originates in
Intralocus_sexual_conflict
Species of insect
selection for increased body size or ornament size (pinnate leg scales and pleural sacs). Rather, female R. longicauda undergo stabilizing selection,
Rhamphomyia_longicauda
Allele with a frequency of 1
convergent, divergent, or stabilizing selection pave the way for allele fixation. One way some of these natural selection processes cause fixation is
Fixed_allele
American paleontologist (born 1966)
S2CID 132594694. Lieberman, Bruce; Dudgeon, Steven (1996). "An evaluation of stabilizing selection as a mechanism for stasis". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Bruce_S._Lieberman
Field of biological research
through time (stabilizing selection), while those elements responsible for differences among species should be divergent (positive selection). Finally, those
Comparative_genomics
Species of virus
positions, these late genes are likely to be subject to rather strong stabilizing selection. Besides homologous recombination between related phages, non-homologous
Bacteriophage_P2
(pl.sporodochia) sporogenous sporophore sporophyte sporulate spot stabilizing selection staghead stem pitting sterigma (pl. sterigmata) sterilant sterile
Glossary_of_phytopathology
Ornithological accolade
Hooded Warblers: Foraging performance, uniparental desertion, and stabilizing selection” 2025 - Sara Morris (Executive Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory)
Margaret_Morse_Nice_Medal
Animal behavior
directional selection. Alternatively, if rare morphs are preferred, this should promote phenotypic diversity, known as balancing or stabilizing selection. Interest
Frequency-dependent foraging by pollinators
Frequency-dependent_foraging_by_pollinators
traits are not maximized by directional selection, but rather are under the influence of stabilizing selection. Since behavioural traits are highly variable
Behavior_mutation
Overview article
PMID 5922517 B. S. Grant and L. E. Mettler (1969), "Disruptive and stabilizing selection on the" escape" behavior of Drosophila melanogaster", Genetics,
Evidence for speciation by reinforcement
Evidence_for_speciation_by_reinforcement
Extrapolation method to detect common ancestors
is useful for modelling scenarios where the trait is subject to stabilizing selection around a certain value (say 0 {\displaystyle 0} ). Under this model
Ancestral_reconstruction
American geneticist
; Bergman, C.; Patel, N. H.; Kreitman, M. (2000). "Evidence for stabilizing selection in a eukaryotic enhancer element". Nature. 403 (6769): 564–567.
Martin_Kreitman
Glycoprotein exposed on the surface of the HIV virus
is too easily detected by neutralizing antibodies. Therefore, a stabilizing selection balance between low and high glycan densities is likely established
Envelope_glycoprotein_GP120
Exploitive behavior in behavioral ecology
tendency to cooperate less can generate enough genetic variability to stabilize selection for mutualism. This suggests that the presence of exploitive individuals
Cheating_(biology)
Peacekeeping operation since 2025
Somalia (ATMIS). The mission aims to support Somali security forces in stabilizing the country and combating Al-Shabaab, while facilitating a gradual handover
African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia
African_Union_Support_and_Stabilization_Mission_in_Somalia
Methods for changing soil for engineering purposes
tree resin, and ionic stabilizers are all commonly used stabilizing agents. Other stabilization techniques include using on-site materials including subsoils
Soil_stabilization
Task of selecting a statistical model from a set of candidate models
Model selection is the task of selecting a model from among various candidates on the basis of performance criterion to choose the best one. In the context
Model_selection
Framework explaining how competitor traits can maintain species diversity
type, rainfall timing, etc.), this can create a stabilizing mechanism (see the storage effect). Stabilizing mechanisms increase the low-density growth rate
Coexistence_theory
Inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust
original (PDF) on October 22, 2009. Kestler, Maureen (March 2009). "Stabilization Selection Guide for Aggregate and Native-Surfaced Low Volume Roads" (PDF)
Dust_abatement
Field of chemistry
not only by placing the two reactants in close proximity but also by stabilizing the transition state of the reaction and reducing activation energy.
Supramolecular_catalysis
(1986). Dobzhansky, T (ed.). Factors in Evolution: The Theory of Stabilizing Selection. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press. Waddington, C. H. (1957). The Strategy
Facilitated_variation
Country in East Asia
used in dynastic China. It can be compared to the European Personnel Selection Office of the European Union or the Office of Personnel Management of
Taiwan
Selection of data points in statistics
statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate
Sampling_(statistics)
Musical artist
單身日記 - 1995 – 2001 June 2001 I Love The Nights Of Autumn (New + Best Selection) 我愛夜 December 2003 Valen Hsu Classical Mandarin Songs 許茹芸 - 國語真經典 February
Valen_Hsu
know what Oliver wants to buy Arnold for his birthday. Haney shows him a selection of ridiculous gifts and Oliver sends him away. Oliver tells Eb that he
List_of_Green_Acres_episodes
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
were used to get state approval for increasing the rents of his rent-stabilized units. Besides inflating rents, the schemes served to transfer assets
Donald_Trump
Type of statistical measure over subsets of a dataset
to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different selections of the full data set. Variations include: simple, cumulative, or weighted
Moving_average
Hebrew). Ministry of Defense Publishing. pp. 369–370. James Kraska, 'Rule Selection in the Case of Israel's Blockade of Gaza:Law of Naval Warfare or Law of
History_of_the_Gaza_Strip
Statistical technique correcting sampling bias
the individual sampling probability of each observation (the so-called selection equation) together with the conditional expectation of the dependent variable
Heckman_correction
2016–2019 Brazilian presidential administration
enrolled in the course. In addition, there would be a time limit on the pre-selection of students on the waiting list and there would be a specific process
Presidency_of_Michel_Temer
Israeli self-propelled howitzer
Artillery Platform (MAP). The turret is remotely controlled, and the selection of ammunition rounds, loading, and gun laying functions are fully automated
SIGMA_155
Function of the observed sample results
transform Box–Cox transformation Yeo–Johnson transformation Variance-stabilizing transformation Anscombe transform Fisher transformation Scaling and normalization
P-value
East German air force believed that G-LOC could be prevented by ruthless selection of pilots and better fitness preparation; Wing Commander Andreas Valentiner
List_of_Equinox_episodes
German honey cake originating from Aachen
benchmark guide values, whereby the values have tended to improve or at least stabilize at a harmless level through replacement of hartshorn as a leavening agent
Aachener_Printen
2023 APS-C mirrorless camera
flash PASM mode dial, front and rear command dials, and film simulation selection dial, VLOG setting in mode dial Compared to its predecessor, the X-S20
Fujifilm_X-S20
Photoluminescent particles
to have low symmetry, allowing for a slight relaxation of the Laporte selection rules. The normally forbidden transitions lead to an increase in the f-f
Upconverting_nanoparticles
Statistical hypothesis test
transform Box–Cox transformation Yeo–Johnson transformation Variance-stabilizing transformation Anscombe transform Fisher transformation Scaling and normalization
Chi-squared_test
Bilateral relations
started to increase meetings between high-level officials in the hope of stabilizing the relationship; on 11 May, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan
China–United_States_relations
Queen's assassination, Kuvira earned the trust of the world leaders by stabilizing Ba Sing Se and was appointed as the nation's provisional leader. She
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender characters
List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_characters
Target selection is the process by which axons (nerve fibres) selectively target other cells for synapse formation. Synapses are structures which enable
Target_selection
National Basketball Association Draft
finished their four-year college eligibility are automatically eligible for selection, while the underclassmen have to declare their eligibility and give up
NBA_draft
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
administration and Congress to push through emergency economic measures aimed at stabilizing the financial system, including the Troubled Asset Relief Program. After
George_W._Bush
Ratio of competing statistical models
evaluating it correctly is the key to Bayesian model comparison. Given a model selection problem in which one wishes to choose between two models on the basis
Bayes_factor
Statistical test comparing two probability distributions
transform Box–Cox transformation Yeo–Johnson transformation Variance-stabilizing transformation Anscombe transform Fisher transformation Scaling and normalization
Kolmogorov–Smirnov_test
Award
Foundation. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2025. "Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates". nobelprize.org. 14 December 2025. Nina
2026_Nobel_Peace_Prize
Full coverage of the policies of a US senator
2017, both Collins and Senator Lisa Murkowski voted for Donald Trump's selection for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, within the Senate Health, Education
Political positions of Susan Collins
Political_positions_of_Susan_Collins
close to the ground, with their tails likely functioning as the fifth stabilizing member of the body. Vidal et al. (2024) study the range of motion of
2024 in archosaur paleontology
2024_in_archosaur_paleontology
Unit of information
transform Box–Cox transformation Yeo–Johnson transformation Variance-stabilizing transformation Anscombe transform Fisher transformation Scaling and normalization
Data
STABILIZING SELECTION
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Boy/Male
Muslim
Choice, Preference, Selection
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Selection choice
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Selection; Choice
Girl/Female
American, Hindu, Indian
Selection
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selection, Choice
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The English surname has probably absorbed at least some of these continental European cognates. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them service in the household of a bishop, supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on St. Nicholas’s Day.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Indian, Tamil
To Choose; Selection
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Choice; Preference; Selection
STABILIZING SELECTION
STABILIZING SELECTION
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Colgrove.Probably an Americanized form of German Kohlgrube, a habitational name from any of twelve places so named, probably from Middle High German kol ‘coal’ + gruobe ‘pit’, or an altered spelling of Kohlgraf, an occupational name for an overseer of the coal trade.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Name of a King
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nithinlal | நீதீநலால
Nithyashobha
Boy/Male
Tamil
Bright, Shining, Brillient
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Indian
Herald; Messenger; Friend; To Puff Up; Companion
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Slave of the Gods
Female
Hebrew
Pet form of Hebrew Channah, CHANI means "favor; grace."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Miracle, Divine
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, Irish
Little Monk
STABILIZING SELECTION
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n.
A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.
n.
A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.
n.
A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.
n.
A book of selections for declamation.
v.
A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.
v. t.
To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
n.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
n.
A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
n.
A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
v. t.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
n.
A book of selections.
n.
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sterilize
n.
That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
n.
The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
n.
An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.
adv.
With care and selection.
n.
Selection or appointment by lot.
n.
Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.
n.
A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.