#Question id: 3484
#XL - T Zoology
Modern behavioral concepts relate the cost of a behavior to its benefit. Under which relationship might a behavior be performed?
A) cost is greater than the benefit
B) cost is less than the benefit
C) cost is equal to the benefit
#Question id: 3485
#XL - T Zoology
Optimal foraging involves all of the following except
A) maximizing energy gained by the forager.
B) minimizing energy expended by the forager.
C) securing essential nutrients for the forager.
D) minimizing the risk of predation on the forager.
E) maximizing the population size of the forager
#Question id: 3486
#XL - T Zoology
Which of the following might affect the foraging behavior of an animal in the context of optimal foraging?
A) risk of predation
B) prey size
C) prey defenses
#Question id: 3487
#XL - T Zoology
Which of the following is true of innate behaviors?
A) Genes have very little influence on the expression of innate behaviors.
B) Innate behaviors tend to vary considerably among members of a population.
C) Innate behaviors are limited to invertebrate animals.
D) Innate behaviors are expressed in most individuals in a population across a wide range of environmental conditions.
E) Innate behaviors occur in invertebrates and some vertebrates but not in mammals.
#Question id: 3578
#XL - T Zoology
A locus is:
#Question id: 3609
#XL - T Zoology
In humans, the dominance relationship between the A and B alleles of the ABO blood group gene is an example of