The Answer is The foraging preference for orange foods varies between populations, and the female preference for orange males is correlated with the strength of the preference for orange foods. Hypothesis: Males evolved orange coloring to exploit females' pre-existing bias for orange.

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Refer to the figure. Each data point on the graph represents a population of guppies. What can be inferred from the data concerning the female guppies' interest in orange foods and the male guppies' orange coloring? State a hypothesis for why males are orange. Each data point on the graph represents a population of guppies. What can be inferred from the data concerning the female guppies' interest in orange foods and the male guppies' orange coloring? State a hypothesis for why males are orange.

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