Natural Selection Involves Energetic Trade- Offs Between Which of the Following

question 4

Multiple Choice

Natural selection involves energetic trade- offs between which of the following?

• A) increasing the number of individuals produced during each reproductive episode and a corresponding decrease in parental care
• B) choosing how many offspring to produce over the course of a lifetime and how long to live
• C) producing large numbers of gametes when employing internal fertilization versus fewer numbers of gametes when employing external fertilization
• D) high survival rates of offspring and the cost of parental care
• E) the emigration of individuals when they are no longer reproductively capable or committing suicide

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