In Breeding Sage Grouse, Males Display for Females in a Mating

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In breeding sage grouse, males display for females in a mating arena called a lek.Females tend to prefer a small number of males, leading to highly skewed mating success for a few promiscuous males and reduced genetic variability in the population as a whole.In 2000, a new species of sage grouse (called Gunnison's Sage-Grouse) was declared.Relatively rapid speciation in sage grouse could have arisen because of

• A) sexual selection.
• B) poor dispersal ability.
• C) dietary specialization.
• D) adaptation.
• E) hybrid zones.

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