Studies of Female Platyfish, Whose Male Counterparts Have a Variety

Multiple Choice

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

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