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... underside of the other wing cover . Each movement of the scraper across the file generates a pulse of sound . ) If one stimulates the motor tape fiber with a weak electrical current from an electrode , it produces a train of impulses ...
... underside of the other wing cover . Each movement of the scraper across the file generates a pulse of sound . ) If one stimulates the motor tape fiber with a weak electrical current from an electrode , it produces a train of impulses ...
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... underside of the tail as a deer begins to bound off through the forest . For a sample of possible explanations for this behav- ior , consider the following list of hypotheses ( 326 ) , which is far from ex- haustive . Hypothesis 1 ...
... underside of the tail as a deer begins to bound off through the forest . For a sample of possible explanations for this behav- ior , consider the following list of hypotheses ( 326 ) , which is far from ex- haustive . Hypothesis 1 ...
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... underside , perhaps as a signal to a potential predator that it has been seen . Photograph by Jon E. Cates . Some data have been collected on these points [ 326 ] . In a Michigan population , tail - flagging occurs 90-95 percent of the ...
... underside , perhaps as a signal to a potential predator that it has been seen . Photograph by Jon E. Cates . Some data have been collected on these points [ 326 ] . In a Michigan population , tail - flagging occurs 90-95 percent of the ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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