Multiple Choice
When Jones and colleagues (1998) conducted laboratory experiments designed to evaluate the fitness consequences of mate choice for female sandflies (Lutzomyia longipalpis) and their offspring they found no evidence that mating with attractive males influenced the viability of her offspring. They did find that the mating success of sons increased with the attractiveness of the father. These findings support the
A) good genes model.
B) runaway selection hypothesis.
C) sensory bias model.
D) all of the above.
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