Apopulation contains short plants and tall plants. the short plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. the tall plants, however, are more susceptible to wind damage. which type of selection are the plants experiencing? directional selection disruptive selection species selection stabilizing selection

The correct answer for this question is D) stabilizing selection

The tall plants are experiencing stabilizing selection. Stabilizing selection happens when extreme phenotypes on both ends of the spectrum are unfavorable. This process selects against the extreme phenotypes and instead favors the majority of the population that is well adapted to the environment. This selection is often shown as bell shaped graph.

Here in the question, tall plants are more fit and selected by the environment thus they are less susceptible to environmental damages than short plants.  

name and explain one of the event that occurs during meiosis that increases the variation in offspring even more than simple reproduction?