Which of the Following Would You Expect to Occur in a Captive

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would you expect to occur in a captive population of guppies collected from Trinidad, if you allowed them to breed for many generations in an aquarium without any predators?

• A)Female guppies will become more brightly colored.
• B)Female guppies will prefer to mate with the dull-colored males.
• C)The number of dull-colored male guppies will eventually equal the number of brightly colored males.
• D)Male guppies that are brightly colored will have better reproductive success than dull males.

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