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Danielle Whittaker studied how female dark-eyed juncos determine mate quality. She tested two hypotheses: 1) females choose mates based on visual ornaments like tail white feathers, or 2) females choose based on smell by detecting chemicals in preen oil. Danielle measured tail white amounts, preen oil chemical levels, and offspring counts for male juncos. Her graphs showed a steeper positive trend between offspring and preen oil chemicals than tail white, supporting the hypothesis that smell plays a larger

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