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#Question id: 10631

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data? 

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Capture increased mortality in the marked foxes
  2. Large mortality of foxes between the two surveys 
  3. The marked foxes were more likely to avoid recapture
  4. The marked foxes were more likely to be recaptured 
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#Question id: 3462

#Section 2: Evolution

Which describes brightly colored peacocks mating more frequently than drab peacocks?
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#Question id: 3463

#Section 2: Evolution

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?
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#Question id: 3464

#Section 2: Evolution

Adult male humans generally have deeper voices than do adult female humans, which is the direct result of higher levels of testosterone causing growth of the larynx. If the fossil records ofapes and humans alike show a trend toward decreasing larynx size in adult females and increasing larynx size in adult males, then
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#Question id: 3465

#Section 2: Evolution

One species lives only in tree holes; another species lives only in streams.
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#Question id: 3466

#Section 2: Evolution

Animal preference of polygyny mating systems because of
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#Question id: 3467

#Section 2: Evolution

 Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?