Three types of natural selection Classify each description according to the type of natural selection it describes. Solution Stabilizing selection Natural selection favors intermediate phenotypes over the extreme phenotypes Selection act to eliminate one extreme from an array of phenotypes Directional selection The distribution curve shifts in the direction of single extreme phenotype Selects for a midsized body for example Disruptive selection Selection act to eliminate the intermediate phenotype Natural selection favors extreme phenotypes over the intermediate phenotypes.