Natural Selection Involves Energetic Trade-Offs Between

question 45

Multiple Choice

Natural selection involves energetic trade-offs between

• A) choosing how many offspring to produce over the course of a lifetime and how long to live.
• B) producing large numbers of gametes when employing internal fertilization versus fewer numbers of gametes when employing external fertilization.
• C) the emigration of individuals when they are no longer reproductively capable or committing suicide.
• D) increasing the number of individuals produced during each reproductive episode with a corresponding decrease in parental care.
• E) high survival rates of offspring and the cost of parental care.

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