Biological Science
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ISBN: 9780321743671
Author: Scott Freeman
Publisher: PEARSON
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The reason behind sexual selection often leading to sexual dimorphism.
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One of the mechanisms of evolution is the process of natural selection in which only those genotypes are selected which results in the fittest individual. Such genotypes which result in the fittest
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- What determines whether a gamete is male or female? Explain why this difference predicts the two main forms of sexual selection.arrow_forwardWould you expect sexual selection to increase or decrease adaptation of a population to its environment? Do the pleiotropic effects and good genes mechanism for the evolution of female preferences differ in their implications for adaptation to the environment?arrow_forwardUnder what conditions should natural selection favor production of many offspring versus the production of a few well-provisioned offspring?arrow_forward
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