Multiple Choice
The theory proposed by Robert Trivers (1972) used sex differences in parental investment to explain different mating systems. If the females compete with one another for access to males and are larger, stronger, more active, and more aggressive than the males of the species, this would be typical of a ___________________ mating system.
A) polygynous
B) monogamous
C) polyandrous
D) polygynandrous
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