Would you expect that mated female fruit flies would live longer or shorter than unmated fruit flies, and why? Multiple Choice Mated flies live longer, because they use less energy traveling about looking for a mate. Mated flies live shorter, because they use more energy in the act of mating. Mated flies live shorter, because they use more energy producing eggs. Mated flies live the same amount of time, because none of these factors is very significant.
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