What type of selection is probably involved when organisms that exhibit one extreme of a trait distribution (such as height, weight, etc.) have a better chance of survival than those organisms exhibiting the opposite extreme of the same trait?

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What type of selection is probably involved when organisms that exhibit one extreme of a trait distribution (such as height, weight, etc.) have a better chance of survival than those organisms exhibiting the opposite extreme of the same trait?