Studies of female platyfish,whose male counterparts have a variety of tail shapes,show that the females prefer male fish with artificial swordlike structures attached to their tails.This observation is most consistent with the
A) notion of a molecular clock.
B) maximum likelihood principle.
C) sensory exploitation hypothesis.
D) principle of homoplasy.
E) parsimony principle.

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The observation that female platyfish prefer males with artificial swordlike structures attached to their tails suggests that this preference is based on their sensitivity to a particular sensory cue. This is consistent with the sensory exploitation hypothesis, which proposes that certain traits evolve as a result of pre-existing sensory biases in the choosing sex.

Studies of Female Platyfish,whose Male Counterparts Have a Variety of Tail