Support for Use of the Sensory Exploitation Hypothesis to Explain

question 149

Multiple Choice

Support for use of the sensory exploitation hypothesis to explain the evolution of female swordtails' preference for swords comes from phylogenetic analysis showing that the swords _______ the female preference evolved.

• A) evolved before
• B) evolved after
• C) were lost before
• D) were lost after
• E) were lost at the same time that

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