What are the proximate causes that underlie an animal’s ability to detect and respond to stimuli?

a. only physiological mechanisms
b. only genetic mechanisms
c. genetic and physiological mechanisms
d. genetic, cellular, physiological, and anatomical mechanisms
e. genetic, physiological, and anatomical mechanisms


ANSWER: d

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