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apostatic selection
apostatic selection[¦ap·ə¦stad·ik sə′lek·shən] (ecology) Predation on the most abundant forms in a population, leading to balanced distribution of a variety of forms. apostatic selection
apostatic selection a type of FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION occurring in a species with several morphological forms, and classically used in relation to prey species that are visually POLYMORPHIC. The amount of predation of each type is directly related to the relative MORPH frequencies. |