Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 20, Problem 12TYK
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The study for the determination of adapting capability of brown mice compare to black mice, from the attack of predatory hawks, in the habitat with brown color soil.
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The populations which are located in different environments may faced various biotic and abiotic stress. The process of natural selection may drive the evolution of these populations in different directions. Local adaptation is described as the phenomenon in which a population of organisms has evolved to be more suited to its environment compare to other members of the same species.
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