Question

in the case of sexual selection, such as peacocks is sexual selection a form of natural selection? Finish both of the following statements:

yes it is because

no it is not because

Answer 1

Natural selection is the process where organism better adapt to their environment to survive and produce more offspring. While sexual selection arises through preference of one sex for other specific sex.

Sexual selection is a form of natural selection because one sex prefers an individual who has specific characteristic. In sexual selection member of one biological sex group mate with the other group member of biological sex meanwhile competition occur in same group for the other group.

The male peacock has showy feather which are able to attract mates, so they help in having mate partner and subsequently having off-spring which must for evolution. The male peacock is colorful and fancy to attract female peacock. This is the case of sexual selection.

When we talk about natural selection where peacock adapted to environment to survive and make off-spring peacock can fold up their tails, which lessens the danger of being noticed by predators. The female peacock is dull and not with large feather because they guard the eggs and chicks which is important for survival of next generation. This type of shape and dull appearance help them to hide from predator.

No because = Colorful male peacock tail was good for sexual selection but hard to digest the role in natural selection. Because it looks more of handicap than an aid to survival as they would be noticeable to predator and would get the peacock stuck and he will not be able to escape from predators.