LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -sexual selection, theory in postulating that the evolution of certain conspicuous physical traits-such as pronounced coloration, increased size, or striking adornments-in animals may grant the possessors of these traits greater success in obtaining mates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural selection is the process by which certain inherited traits-such as the color of a fish, height of a person, or shape of a leaf-are favored within a population. A population is a group of organisms that mate and reproduce with one another.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reproductive success Sexual preference creates a tendency towards assortative mating or homogamy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sexual selection is a “special case” of natural selection. Sexual selection acts on an organism’s ability to obtain (often by any means necessary!) or successfully copulate with a mate.