Campbell Biology 11th Edition by Lisa Urry,Michael Cain,Steven Wasserman,Peter Minorsky,Jane Reece

Exercise 14

Suppose that females of one population of strawberry poison dart frogs (Dendrobates pumilio) prefer to mate with males that have a bright red and black coloration. In a different population, the females prefer males with yellow skin. Propose a hypothesis to explain how such differences could have arisen in. allopatric versus sympatric populations.