Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 21, Problem 13SQ
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Concept Introduction: Dinoflagellates living in the tropical areas have the ability to produce light. The light will protect the protists by startling the predator which tries to eat it. The flash produced from the light may function like a car alarm by attracting the attention of predators that would-be a dinoflagellate eater.
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Ch. 21 - Summoning Moaquitoes Parasites sometimes alter...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2DAACh. 21 - Prob. 3DAACh. 21 - Prob. 4DAACh. 21 - Prob. 1SQCh. 21 - Diplomonads, and parabasalids lack _______. a. a...Ch. 21 - Radiolaria and diatoms have a shell of _______. a....Ch. 21 - Prob. 4SQCh. 21 - Diatoms produce _______ that help(s) them float....Ch. 21 - Prob. 6SQ
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