Biology
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ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 16.3, Problem 2TC
If we studied a population of bighorn sheep and were able to identify the father and mother of each lamb born, would you predict that the difference in number of offspring between the most reproductively successful adult and the least successful adult would be greater for males or for females?
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