Natural selection on female preference can occur if exercising preference confer

Question

Natural selection on female preference can occur if exercising preference confers which of the following benefits (select as many as are true):

attractive males are genetically superior so choosy females will secure better genes for their offspring

attractive males have low parental investment

attractive males are effective at infanticide

attractive males can confer resources like food or parental care that benefit females and offspring

attractive males are genetically superior so choosy females will secure better genes for their offspring

attractive males have low parental investment

attractive males are effective at infanticide

attractive males can confer resources like food or parental care that benefit females and offspring

Explanation / Answer

Correct answers are A and D.

Here attractive means not just physically attractive. It means having any supoerior qualities such physical strength, ability to produce offspring, ability to provide parental care etc.

The fundamental aspect of selection of mate is choosing the one you can give fittest gene pool to the progeny and making sure that the progeny attain reproduce further to pass on the genes to next generation. So, option A and D is following tabove rule.

low parental investment and killing infants will reduce the chance of passing the genes of parents to furthjer generations. So, options C and b are wrong.

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