Intersexual selection
A) favors traits that enhance direct competition among individuals.
B) favors traits that are attractive to the opposite sex.
C) is a direct result of the environment.
D) produces variation in survival between the sexes.

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Intersexual selection, also known as mate choice, favors traits that make an individual more attractive to potential mates of the opposite sex. This can result in the evolution of exaggerated traits, such as the peacock's extravagant tail, that may not necessarily enhance survival but increase an individual's reproductive success.

Intersexual Selection