Studies of Female Platyfish,whose Male Counterparts Have a Variety of Tail

Multiple Choice

Studies of female platyfish,whose male counterparts have a variety of tail shapes,show that the females prefer male fish with artificial swordlike structures attached to their tails.This observation is most consistent with the

A) notion of a molecular clock.
B) maximum likelihood principle.
C) sensory exploitation hypothesis.
D) principle of homoplasy.
E) parsimony principle.