Studies of Female Platyfishes, Whose Male Counterparts Have a Variety

question 237

Multiple Choice

Studies of female platyfishes, whose male counterparts have a variety of tail shapes, show that the females prefer male fish with artificial swordlike structures attached to their tails.This observation is most consistent with the

• A) notion of a molecular clock.
• B) maximum likelihood principle.
• C) sensory exploitation hypothesis.
• D) principle of homoplasy.
• E) parsimony principle.

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Definitions:

Energy Difference

Refers to the change in energy between the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, or between different states of a molecule.

External Magnetic Field

A magnetic field that originates outside an object or system and interacts with it, playing a critical role in various physical phenomena and applications.

Chemical Shift

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, chemical shift is the relative change in the frequency of nuclear magnetic resonance of a nucleus compared to a reference standard.

Aromatic Protons

Hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atoms of an aromatic ring, characterized by distinct NMR signals.