In our lab meeting we were chatting about divergent selection. I was confused at some point because I wasn't sure what was the meaning of this work in comparison to [diversifying/disruptive][1] and [other types][2] of selection. 

Diversifying selection was coined by [J. T. Gulick][3] and I haven't found an [interesting answer to compare with][4] our contemporary definition of these terms. 

The way I understand this is that, [divergent selection][5] is broader and include directional selection as well as disruptive selection. Is that correct? 


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_selection
  [2]: https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/the-evolution-of-populations-19/adaptive-evolution-132/stabilizing-directional-and-diversifying-selection-535-11742/
  [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Gulick
  [4]: https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=eONaAAAAQAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA189&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_evolution