apostatic selection
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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.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005