Males and females within a species can experience sexually
antagonistic selection. This is because the morphology or behaviors
that are optimal for one sex may not be optimal for the other. One
way to resolve this problem is for genes controlling relevant
traits to move to sex chromosomes (through mutation) so that they
can be expressed differently in females and males. Which of the
following provides another means of resolving the conflict?
Competition for mates.
Enhancer regions in introns allowing sex-biased transcription of
genes.
Males having morphologies and behaviors that more closely
resemble those of females.
Males providing more parental care.
Females providing less parental care.
Males and females within a species can experience sexually antagonistic selection. This is because the morphology or beh
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