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... pattern of development of these cells , a pattern that occurs despite considerable genetic diversity in the species and the great environmental differences affecting its members . It is almost as if the nerve cells of the grasshopper ...
... pattern of development of these cells , a pattern that occurs despite considerable genetic diversity in the species and the great environmental differences affecting its members . It is almost as if the nerve cells of the grasshopper ...
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... pattern of coral snakes , they readily pecked at models with red and yellow longitu- dinal stripes and at models with green and blue rings . The developmental difference between Norway rats and motmots is instructive . The dangerous ...
... pattern of coral snakes , they readily pecked at models with red and yellow longitu- dinal stripes and at models with green and blue rings . The developmental difference between Norway rats and motmots is instructive . The dangerous ...
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... pattern employed by a distant ancestor . If several related species share a behavioral characteristic , it is unlikely ( but not impossible ) that each has evolved the trait independently . The more parsimonious expla- nation is that ...
... pattern employed by a distant ancestor . If several related species share a behavioral characteristic , it is unlikely ( but not impossible ) that each has evolved the trait independently . The more parsimonious expla- nation is that ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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