Maintenance of allelic variation can also occur through disruptive or diversifying selection, which favours genotypes that depart from the average in either direction (that is, the opposite of over-dominance), and can result in a bimodal distribution of trait values.
Miara variasi alelik taler prasida saking seleksi sané nénten becik utawi diversifikasi, sané nyokong genotipe sané nyimpang saking rata-rata ring makakalih arah (inggih punika, pawalik saking sané dominasi kalintang), miwah prasida ngasilang distribusi nilai sifat bimodal.