Define adaptation. How could you use a comparative approach to test whether mesoglea within a scyphozoan medusa was an adaptation for buoyancy? How could you use a different criterion to test whether the eyes of cubozoans were adaptive? Where would a comparative approach prove a better way to assess the adaptive values of a tegument in internal parasites: in tapeworms or nematodes? Why?

Define adaptation. How could you use a comparative approach to test whether mesoglea within a scyphozoan medusa was an adaptation for buoyancy? How could you use a different criterion to test whether the eyes of cubozoans were adaptive? Where would a comparative approach prove a better way to assess the adaptive values of a tegument in internal parasites: in tapeworms or nematodes? Why?

Concepts of Biology

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168116

Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Chapter15: Diversity Of Animals

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 15RQ: Which of the following is not a member of the phylum Chordata? a. Cephalochordata b. Echinodermata...

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