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Animal behavior can be defined as all the things that animals do. In response to a stimulus, an animal performs a certain fixed action pattern, or FAP, of behavior. This response occurs to make the animal more adaptable to change. So, behavior is general…
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Chapter 39, Problem 2CT
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The way in which an individual's preference could be evolved by kin selection.

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Animal behavior is derived from the two causes: proximal causes and ultimate causes. Proximal causes include genes, physiological mechanisms and environmental factors that regulate the behavior. Ultimate causes involve evolutionary factors that alter animal behavior.

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