Traits That Lead to Mating Benefits Rather Than Survival Benefits

question 16

Multiple Choice

Traits that lead to mating benefits rather than survival benefits are probably

• A)the result of sexual selection.
• B)the result of survival selection.
• C)byproducts of adaptation.
• D)evolutionary noise.

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