Answer:
5%
Explanation:
The adrenal cortex in both males and females produce a small amount of weak androgens. One of the major weak androgen secreted by adrenal cortex is dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
Levels of dehydroepiandrosterone secretion exhibit changes with age. The dehydroepiandrosterone secretion increases till the age of 20-24 years and falls off with increasing age after the age of 30 years in both males and females. The DHEA production at the age of 80 years is about 5% of its secretion at the age of 30 years.
Differential reproduction means that some organisms in a population produce more offspring than others.
Differential reproduction refers to the difference between individuals in a population and how many offspring they are able to leave.The best adapted organisms to a given environment will leave more offspring than those who are not well adapted. Differential reproduction depends on the natural