Elaborate Male Traits That Are Used in Mate Choice of Birds

question 9

Essay

Elaborate male traits that are used in mate choice of birds in a given species B are entirely absent in distantly related sister taxon,A. However, males of species A that are artificially altered to possess these elaborate traits are preferred by females of species,A. Which is more likely to have evolved first in species B, the male trait or the female preference?

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