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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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Chapter 52.3, Problem 3R
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The conditions, which favor adaptive and nonadaptive variability in species-specific behavior.
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Adaptive behaviors are essential for the survival of an animal. When an animal fails to adapt to any given environment, it cannot survive. The species-specific behavior is determined or controlled by environmental and genetic factors.
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