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... rats ran the maze with significantly fewer errors than the offspring of dull rats . ( Each was given the same number of learning trials . ) In fact , the average performance of both groups of offspring was more extreme than that of ...
... rats ran the maze with significantly fewer errors than the offspring of dull rats . ( Each was given the same number of learning trials . ) In fact , the average performance of both groups of offspring was more extreme than that of ...
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... rats are extremely sensitive to radiation , which disrupts cell metabolism and leads to the buildup of toxic products in tissues and body fluids . If a rat consumes a food or fluid with a distinctive taste and then is exposed to minute ...
... rats are extremely sensitive to radiation , which disrupts cell metabolism and leads to the buildup of toxic products in tissues and body fluids . If a rat consumes a food or fluid with a distinctive taste and then is exposed to minute ...
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... rat cannot learn to leave an area and so avoid the sickening treatment . In addition , rats have great difficulty in making the association between a distinctive taste as a signal that a shock is about to be delivered . If , after ...
... rat cannot learn to leave an area and so avoid the sickening treatment . In addition , rats have great difficulty in making the association between a distinctive taste as a signal that a shock is about to be delivered . If , after ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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