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To determine: Whether seed dispersal by ants is an example for coevolution.
Concept introduction: Coevolution is the mutual evolutionary influence in which two species reciprocally adapt by totally depending on each other. A classic example for such evolutionary phenomenon is flowering plants and their pollinators in which they place beneficial evolutionary pressure on each other for changes in physiology, morphology, or habits.
To determine: The reason why seed dispersal by ants is an example for coevolution.
Concept introduction: Coevolution is the mutual evolutionary influence in which two species reciprocally adapt by totally depending on each other. A classic example for such evolutionary phenomenon is flowering plants and their pollinators in which they place beneficial evolutionary pressure on each other for changes in physiology, morphology, or habits.
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