What Is Estrous

question 35

Multiple Choice

What is estrous?

• A) the period of most intensive competition among females for access to potential male mates
• B) the sum of male and female parental investment
• C) the period of time during which a female is receptive to mating
• D) the length of time between births, or the "interbirth interval"

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