Suppose a population wherein males have a green necks. Recently, those males tha

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Suppose a population wherein males have a green necks. Recently, those males that have darker green necks are more often chosen by females for mating. Those with lighter green necks are chosen less often. Question: females CHOOSING and MATING with (both behaviours) males with darker green colored necks is an example of:


A. gene flow

B. genetic drift

C. frequency dependent selection

D. inbreeding

E. assortative mating

F. directional selection

G. stabilizing selection

H. disruptive (diversifying) selection

I. kin selection

Explanation / Answer

directional selection a single phenotype is favored, causing the allele frequency to continuously shift in one direction. in this case, it's dark green necks.

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