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Sexual selection is on the types of “natural selection” where individuals of one biological sex, usually females, choose a partner from the other sex for mating. In sexual selection, generally, members with attractive features are more likely to have a chance for reproduction.
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Ch. 12.1 - What are two ways to define evolution?Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 12.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 12.2 - What did Darwin observe that led him to develop...Ch. 12.2 - What is modern evolutionary synthesis?Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 12.3 - Prob. 4MCCh. 12.4 - Prob. 1MC
Ch. 12.4 - Why doesnt Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium occur in...Ch. 12.5 - Distinguish among directional, disruptive, and...Ch. 12.5 - How can natural selection maintain harmful alleles...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 1MCCh. 12.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 12.7 - How do mutations affect an organisms phenotype?Ch. 12.7 - South china tigers once had two color patterns...Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 3MCCh. 12.7 - Prob. 4MCCh. 12 - Microevolution applies to changes that occur a....Ch. 12 - Biological evolution describes how ____ change...Ch. 12 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 12 - What is the most accurate way to explain the...Ch. 12 - Suppose that after an environmental change, foxes...Ch. 12 - Huntington disease is caused by a rare, lethal,...Ch. 12 - A population of 100 sea stars is in Hardy-Weinberg...Ch. 12 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 12 - Darwin observed that different types of organisms...Ch. 12 - Which of the following processes is nonrandom? a....Ch. 12 - Prob. 1WIOCh. 12 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 12 - Explain how understanding evolution is important...Ch. 12 - Write a paragraph that describes the connections...Ch. 12 - Jellyfish Lake, located on the Pacific island of...Ch. 12 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 12 - Explain how harmful recessive alleles can persist...Ch. 12 - Prob. 8WIOCh. 12 - Describe the competing selective forces acting on...Ch. 12 - Some researchers suggest that a giraffes long neck...Ch. 12 - Burning Question 12.1 explains why an organism...Ch. 12 - Review the Survey the Landscape figure in the...Ch. 12 - Describe situations in which the five mechanisms...Ch. 12 - Prob. 3PIT
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