Refer to the Figure

question 67

Essay

Refer to the figure.
Figure 2
You are studying four bird species to determine the differences between poor-quality and high-quality males.
- You collect the data shown in Figure 2. Suppose some females are not very skilled at detecting small differences in tail length. When they perceive a difference in tail length, these females always choose the males with the longer tails. Assuming that high-quality males do have longer-than-average tails, in which species would females be most likely to correctly assess male quality by tail length? Why? In which group might you expect these females to make the most assessment mistakes? Why?

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