Cotton-Topped Tamarins Are Small Primates with Tufts of Long White

question 27

Multiple Choice

Cotton-topped tamarins are small primates with tufts of long white hair on their heads.While studying these creatures,you notice that males with longer hair get more opportunities to mate and father more offspring.You believe that having longer hair is adaptive to these males.You should _____.

• A)conclude that natural selection will lead to males with longer hair in your population
• B)conclude that there is not enough variation in hair length for natural selection to act
• C)look for evidence that longer haired males have higher fitness
• D)conclude that longer haired males survive better than their shorter haired counterparts
• E)determine if hair length is heritable

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