Animals with Complex Mate Selection Behaviors

question 106

Multiple Choice

Animals with complex mate selection behaviors

• A) form new species more slowly than animals that do not display such behaviors.
• B) form new species more quickly than animals that do not display such behaviors.
• C) are usually sexually dimorphic.
• D) discriminate poorly among members of their own species during mating.
• E) Both b and c

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