Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 36, Problem 9WIO
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The reason why a biologist be skeptical of the findings that social rodents kill themselves and their offsprings if the group becomes overcrowded.

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Animals show different types of behavior according to the environment, though the behavior of an organism also depends on the genes mostly. Some organisms very much caring towards their offsprings and their surrounding animals or organisms and they either look for their suitability either by making the availability of resources or by other means.

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