Female peacocks choose their mates based on their attraction to male peacock’s tails. Therefore, male peacocks with big, colorful tails are likely to reproduce more than those without extravagent tails. This indicates, referring back to the definition of fitness, that male peacocks with longer tails will have higher fitness in the population. This is also an example of sexual selection.
Burgess, Stuart. "Peacock Tail Beauty and Problems with Theory of Sexual Selection." Answers in Genesis. Journal of Creation, 15 Aug. 2001. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.
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Burgess, Stuart. "Peacock Tail Beauty and Problems with Theory of Sexual Selection." Answers in Genesis. Journal of Creation, 15 Aug. 2001. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.
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