Sexual Selection

question 14

Multiple Choice

Sexual selection

• A) explains the evolution of ornaments and armaments in males, but not in females in species with sex role reversal.
• B) can only act on traits not under natural selection.
• C) can lead to the evolution of elaborate traits if they help one sex gain an advantage in mating, even if they also lead to lower survival.
• D) is similar to natural selection in that it acts on traits that increase an individual's relative reproductive success and survival.

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