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... environment does not increase the probability that it will exhibit left - handedness [ 130 ] . The occurrence of certain mental illnesses and other afflictions has also been related to genetic differences among people . The children of ...
... environment does not increase the probability that it will exhibit left - handedness [ 130 ] . The occurrence of certain mental illnesses and other afflictions has also been related to genetic differences among people . The children of ...
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... environment of the cell that contained the amino acid building blocks necessary for the construction of the receptors . If a cell with testosterone receptors occurs in an embryonic environment in which testosterone is present , it ...
... environment of the cell that contained the amino acid building blocks necessary for the construction of the receptors . If a cell with testosterone receptors occurs in an embryonic environment in which testosterone is present , it ...
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... environmental stability hypothesis because this species occupies a social and physical environment of great instability . Stephen Emlen has pointed out , however , that there is a common problem facing would - be breeders in both very ...
... environmental stability hypothesis because this species occupies a social and physical environment of great instability . Stephen Emlen has pointed out , however , that there is a common problem facing would - be breeders in both very ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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