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Shouldn't this article just be merged into purifying selection? -- 24.11.177.133 23:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC) reply

I decided against this merger, see the stabilizing selection talk page for my reasoning. - Madeleine 18:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC) reply

except wait, purifying selection is negative selection, not stabilizing selection -- whoops! Natisto ( talk) 17:48, 5 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Here's a recent article on how purifying selection has separated favorable traits in humans from mutation. An example given is the color vision in the retina of the eye. Shaded0 ( talk) 02:23, 4 October 2012 (UTC) reply

• http://www.economist.com/node/21562185

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