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... mechanisms within the animal operate to make behavioral responses possible . Why questions ask why the animal has evolved the proximate mechanisms that enable it to do certain things . It is useful and necessary to make a careful ...
... mechanisms within the animal operate to make behavioral responses possible . Why questions ask why the animal has evolved the proximate mechanisms that enable it to do certain things . It is useful and necessary to make a careful ...
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... mechanisms of behavior . These mechanisms make possible certain behavioral responses to environmental events - re- sponses that will determine the number of copies of the individual's genes that are passed to the next generation . The ...
... mechanisms of behavior . These mechanisms make possible certain behavioral responses to environmental events - re- sponses that will determine the number of copies of the individual's genes that are passed to the next generation . The ...
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... mechanisms that make the process possible . Some mechanisms are considerably more complex than others . A limpet leaves a chemical trail behind in the course of its meanderings , a trail that it can retrace to find a resting spot [ 141 ] ...
... mechanisms that make the process possible . Some mechanisms are considerably more complex than others . A limpet leaves a chemical trail behind in the course of its meanderings , a trail that it can retrace to find a resting spot [ 141 ] ...
Contents
The Genetics of Behavior | 25 |
GENES PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS | 42 |
The Development of Behavior | 55 |
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