Biology: Concepts and Applications (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 40, Problem 7SA
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Guppies are the small fishes that are native residents to shallow freshwater streams in the mountains of Trinidad. The evolutionary biologists John Endler and David Reznick studied the population of guppies to determine the actual impact or effect of predation on life history traits.
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