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... relatively large ones ( because these carried greater energy stores that promoted the survival of the zygote after fertilization had oc- curred ) and the relatively small ones ( because these were more mobile and better in the race to ...
... relatively large ones ( because these carried greater energy stores that promoted the survival of the zygote after fertilization had oc- curred ) and the relatively small ones ( because these were more mobile and better in the race to ...
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... relatively unorganized , agitated move- ments on a comb . A worker that had found food nearby might tend to remain highly active back at the nest as it prepared to return to the site it had found . Selection would favor colonies with ...
... relatively unorganized , agitated move- ments on a comb . A worker that had found food nearby might tend to remain highly active back at the nest as it prepared to return to the site it had found . Selection would favor colonies with ...
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... relatively quickly absorbed in the forest , but sounds between 1500 and 2500 hertz were much less severely attenuated . The bird species typically found in the Panamanian forest rarely produce songs with frequencies higher than 3500 ...
... relatively quickly absorbed in the forest , but sounds between 1500 and 2500 hertz were much less severely attenuated . The bird species typically found in the Panamanian forest rarely produce songs with frequencies higher than 3500 ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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