Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Chapter 36, Problem 2PIT
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The terms foraging, kin selection, habituation, eusocial animals, imprinting, fixed action pattern, inclusive fitness and reciprocal altruism to the connect map of pull it together.
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There are certain terms that are related to animal behavior like the kin selection which means that it is a behavior which tells the reason of why animals sacrifice their life for the sake of their close relatives. Similarly, there are other terms like reciprocal altruism, foraging and so on.
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Ch. 36.1 - What is ethology?Ch. 36.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 5MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 3MC
Ch. 36.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 5MCCh. 36.5 - What are some benefits and costs of group living?Ch. 36.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.5 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.6 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 1WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 4WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 8WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 9WIOCh. 36 - In the 1930s. the population geneticist J.B.S....Ch. 36 - Prob. 1PITCh. 36 - Prob. 2PIT
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