Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 43, Problem 7SQ
Generally, living in a social group cost the individual in terms of ________.
- a. competition for food, other
resources - b. vulnerability to contagious diseases
- c. competition for mates
- d. all of the above
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