Question

A female fly, full of fertilized eggs, is swept by high winds to an island far out to sea. She is the first fly to arrive on this island and the only fly to arrive in this way. Thousands of years later, her numerous offspring occupy the island, but none of them resembles her. There are, instead, several species, each of which eats only a certain type of food. None of the species can fly and their balancing organs (halteres) are now used in courtship displays. The male members of each species bear modified halteres that are unique in appearance to their species. Females bear vestigial halteres. The ranges of all of the daughter species overlap.If the malesʹ halteres have species-specific size, shape, color, and use in courtship displays, and if the speciesʹ ranges overlap, then the speciation events may have been driven, at least in part, by which of the following?

A) autopolyploidy
B) allopolyploidy
C) species selection
D) sexual selection
E) habitat differentiation

Answer 1

The correct answer is sexual selection.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D) "sexual selection".

Step-by-step explanation:

Sexual selection is a type of natural selection at which species of one sex chose their biological mates based on specific traits that represent an advantageous trait for the species. In this case, if the males halteres are used in courtship displays and the females select them in base of its size, shape and color, the speciation events may have been driven, at least in part, by sexual selection.