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#Question id: 12112

The presence of altruistic behaviour is most likely due to kin selection, a theory maintaining that

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. Aggression between sexes promotes the survival of the fittest individuals.
  2. Genes enhance survival of copies of themselves by directing organisms to assist others who share those genes.
  3. Companionship is advantageous to animals because in the future they can help each other.
  4. Critical thinking abilities are normal traits for animals and they have arisen, like other traits, through natural selection.
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#Question id: 11518

#Section 2: Evolution

R strategists tend to have
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#Question id: 10872

#Section 1: Ecology

Interference competition is most similar to
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#Question id: 8914

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is (are) unique to animals?
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#Question id: 3394

#Section 2: Evolution

All genetic drift arises from sampling error.  There are several different ways in which sampling error can arise as a following

a. Reduced population size      b. Founder effect

c. Genetic bottleneck                d. Differ in sex ratio

Which of the following above way cause sampling error in succeed generation?
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#Question id: 11262

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

When a social organization consists of cooperative individuals, selection will always favor individuals that increase their personal reproductive success by __________.