Multiple Choice
Natural selection involves energetic trade- offs between
A) high survival rates of offspring and the cost of parental care.
B) increasing the number of individuals produced during each reproductive episode and a corresponding decrease in parental care.
C) producing large numbers of gametes when employing internal fertilization versus fewer numbers of gametes when employing external fertilization.
D) the emigration of individuals when they are no longer reproductively capable or are committing suicide.
E) choosing how many offspring to produce over the course of a lifetime and how long to live.
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