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1. Select the correct statement.

a. Sexual selection is the same as natural selection.
b. Sexual selection is the opposite of natural selection.
c. Sexual selection is a type of natural selection.

Correct!!!

Sexual selection differs from classically-defined natural selection in some ways, but they are both processes whereby differential reproduction acts upon genetic variation to change the prevalence of certain traits in a population.

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