When a species of bird preys upon the seeds of a plant and favors the smallest seeds,
A) the prey species functions as an agent of natural selection on the predator.
B) natural selection favors individual plants that produce the largest seeds.
C) the plants compensate for their losses by producing proportionately more smaller seeds.
D) the bird species is unaffected when directional selection favors plants that produce the largest seeds.
B
You might also like to view...
In eukaryotic cells organelles are suspended within _________.
a. golgi b. matrix c. chitin d. cytosol e. none of the above.
What is the natural function of restriction endonucleases?
a. research applications b. DNA manipulation in vitro c. defense against viruses that infect bacteria d. regulating bacterial gene expression e. breaking phosphodiester bonds in mammalian DNA
An endotherm uses ________ feedback loops to maintain homeostasis
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Beyond the conditions required for consistent estimation of a model for causality, in order to conduct inference what additional assumption is required?
A. The errors are distributed as the student T distribution. B. The size of the sample is sufficiently large (e.g., 30(K + 1), where K is the number of coefficients). C. The errors are distributed normally. D. None of the answers is correct.