Rita Covas and colleagues found evidence of stabilizing selection in African sociable weaver birds.Their field studies indicate that
A) fat birds escape predators better than lean birds.
B) fat birds are less attractive to predators.
C) lean birds are more likely to starve.
D) good nesting sites are abundant.
E) each bird constructs its own nest.
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