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... result in a low rate of tongue flicking and a low attack probability when presented with a slug . If one crosses snakes from the two populations ( Arnold did that , too ) , there is much more variation in the resulting group of ...
... result in a low rate of tongue flicking and a low attack probability when presented with a slug . If one crosses snakes from the two populations ( Arnold did that , too ) , there is much more variation in the resulting group of ...
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... result of that individual's experiences . A toad that has had a mouthful of millipede alters its behavior because of the information it receives from this experience . The change is adaptive for obvious reasons , and it is enduring ...
... result of that individual's experiences . A toad that has had a mouthful of millipede alters its behavior because of the information it receives from this experience . The change is adaptive for obvious reasons , and it is enduring ...
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... result that they do not collect food in an identical manner . How then are we to resolve the question of competition's role in the evolution of foraging differences ? Testable predictions are always helpful , and some have been ...
... result that they do not collect food in an identical manner . How then are we to resolve the question of competition's role in the evolution of foraging differences ? Testable predictions are always helpful , and some have been ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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