Multiple trait analysis (beak width and beak depth) on the medium ground finch, in response to the drought of 1976-77, has generated the three-dimensional graph, shown in the accompanying figure
If the blue triangles represent fitness levels for the quantified parameters, then the birds showing the greatest fitness should have ________. A) deep, wide beaks
B) deep, narrow beaks
C) shallow, wide beaks
D) shallow, narrow beaks
B
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