What Is the Fitness Benefit of Polygamy in Birds That

question 67

Multiple Choice

What is the fitness benefit of polygamy in birds that rear young that are precocious (develop and mature rapidly) ?

• A)Females will copulate with many males to ensure that all of their eggs are fertilized.
• B)Females don't have to decide on one mate and can copulate with as many males as they deem worthy to share their genes with in reproduction.
• C)Fit males don't have to help feed and rear young and can spend this time seeking out and mating with many females.
• D)Females don't have to spend time rearing young and can mate and rear additional broods during a breeding season.
• E)Both males and females spend little time with courtship and brood-rearing and don't tax their own physiology,so they can breed again in subsequent breeding seasons.

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