Female sand crickets are known to produce two phenotypic variants: long-winged and short-winged. Moreover, these two variants have been shown to allocate different amounts of their energy budget to flight or ovary development, respectively

The development of female crickets into one or the other of these variants is due to ________. A) genetic mechanisms
B) developmental mechanisms
C) physiological mechanisms
D) All of the above.


D

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