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#Question id: 12227


During the course of the formation of a parasite/host relationship, a critical first step in this evolution would be

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Changing the behavior of the host or intermediate host. 
  2. Developing asexual reproduction.
  3. Deriving nourishment without killing the host.
  4. Starting as an ectoparasite and then later becoming an endoparasite
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#Question id: 4975

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

The observation that tusks were limited to males in several species, and were apparently not used in food-gathering, is evidence that the tusks probably

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#Question id: 4976

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Which of these is the most likely explanation for the existence of dicynodont fossils on modern-day Antarctica?

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#Question id: 4977

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

There are at least a dozen known species in the extinct genus Lystrosaurus. If each species was suited to a quite different environment, then this relatively large number of species is likely due to

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#Question id: 4978

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

The dicynodonts survived the mass extinction that was most closely correlated in time, if not in cause, with

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#Question id: 4979

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

The dicynodonts that survived the Permian extinction would initially have had to endure (or escape from) the physical effects of __________, and subsequently, the biological effects of __________.

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#Question id: 4980

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

If an increase in dicynodont species diversity (i.e., number of species) occurred soon after the Permian extinction, and if it occurred for the same general reason usually given for the increase in mammalian diversity following the Cretaceous extinction, then it should be attributed to