Male side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) come in three coat colors, orange, yellow, and blue. Orange throated males are very aggressive and defend large territories that include several females. Yellow throated males are "sneakers" who have no territory of their own, but mate covertly with unguarded females on an orange male's territory. Blue throated males defend territories that are big enough to hold only a single, well-guarded, female. In this mixed ESS
A) blue beats both orange and yellow.
B) yellow beats blue, blue beats orange, and orange beats yellow.
C) yellow beats orange and blue.
D) yellow beats orange, blue beats yellow, and orange beats blue.
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