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... specimens are not uncommon . But why is it advantageous to carry toxic chemicals in one's tissues if one must be eaten to enable the toxins to take full effect ? This is a general problem that applies to the many other organisms that ...
... specimens are not uncommon . But why is it advantageous to carry toxic chemicals in one's tissues if one must be eaten to enable the toxins to take full effect ? This is a general problem that applies to the many other organisms that ...
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... specimen of Calpe eustrigata ( Figure 4 ) . Suspecting that it might be a species that consumes droplets of mammalian blood excreted by mosquitoes gorging themselves on a host , he made a slight cut on his finger and offered it to the ...
... specimen of Calpe eustrigata ( Figure 4 ) . Suspecting that it might be a species that consumes droplets of mammalian blood excreted by mosquitoes gorging themselves on a host , he made a slight cut on his finger and offered it to the ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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