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... uncommon . But why is it advantageous to carry toxic chemicals in one's tissues if one must be eaten to enable the toxins to take full effect ? This is a general ... common , which they may better propagate because the educated predator will ...
... uncommon . But why is it advantageous to carry toxic chemicals in one's tissues if one must be eaten to enable the toxins to take full effect ? This is a general ... common , which they may better propagate because the educated predator will ...
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... common species . Thus , the first mothlike insect was probably a nectar feeder . Species that evolved from this ... uncommon a character ( as measured against the presumptive ancestral pattern ) , the more likely it is to have been a ...
... common species . Thus , the first mothlike insect was probably a nectar feeder . Species that evolved from this ... uncommon a character ( as measured against the presumptive ancestral pattern ) , the more likely it is to have been a ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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