The male red-winged blackbird has a bright-red patch on its shoulder. this adaptation increases its chances of mating with the female blackbird. some of the birds underwent mutation, and their offspring didn’t have the red-colored patch. this mutation increases the birds’ . individuals with this mutation have chance of being sexually selected.

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Atahualpaemperor of the inca empire who rose to the throne after winning a civil war between him and his brother.  -he refused to become a spanish vassal or christian.-francisco pizarro kidnapped him and demanded a huge ransom.  -pizarro's secretary described him as "a man of thirty years, good-looking and poised, somewhat stout, with a wide, handsome, and ferocious face, and the eyes flaming with blood."-after the ransom was paid, atahualpa was killed by pizarro