How is mimicry helpful to organisms? Give an example

What will be an ideal response?


Mimicry occurs when one organism evolves in such a way that it resembles another organism. In one common form, a harmless organism that happens to look like a harmful one reaps the reward of avoidance, even though it is harmless. For example, there are several harmless wasps, flies, and beetles that resemble stinging yellow jacket wasps.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Describe phylogenomics and its contributions to phylogenetic relationships between protists and other

eukaryotes.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is not a component of the demography of a population?

1.size and density 2.distribution pattern 3.age structure 4.all are demographic characteristics

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Water draining from the land mixes with

seawater carried in on tides in which of the following? a. upper littoral b. midlittoral c. lower littoral d. estuary e. upwellings

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