If the females of a songbird species prefer to mate with more brightly colored males, and you know this trait is heritable, you would expect

A. sexual selection to occur.
B. males to evolve to become more brightly colored.
C. brightly colored males to survive better in the population.
D. both A and B


Ans: D. both A and B

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