Imagine that you are studying a species of guppy in which mature males are observed to have bright orange tails, while females and immature fish have grey tails. You decide to test whether sexual selection can explain this dimorphism. Describe an experiment to test this hypothesis. Include details about what you will measure. Draw and label two diagrams: one showing potential data that would refute your hypothesis, the other showing potential data that would support it. A competing colleague discovers that some mature males in this population have grey tails, and publishes a paper claiming that this evidence shows that sexual selection could not explain the dimorphism in tail color in this species. Do you agree or disagree? What observations or experiments could help you refute your colleagueâs conclusion
Imagine that you are studying a species of guppy in which mature males are observed to have bright orange tails, while females and immature fish have grey tails. You decide to test whether sexual selection can explain this dimorphism. Describe an experiment to test this hypothesis. Include details about what you will measure. Draw and label two diagrams: one showing potential data that would refute your hypothesis, the other showing potential data that would support it. A competing colleague discovers that some mature males in this population have grey tails, and publishes a paper claiming that this evidence shows that sexual selection could not explain the dimorphism in tail color in this species. Do you agree or disagree? What observations or experiments could help you refute your colleagueâs conclusion
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