Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
bartleby

Concept explainers

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 43, Problem 3DAA
Summary Introduction

To examine: Whether the hypothesis supports that butterfly eyespots frighten the birds by mimicking their predators.

Concept introduction: Aggressive mimicry is a kind of mimicry by which the predators or parasites share similar signals to avoid themselves from being seen by the prey or predators. This makes the deceptive communication to the predator. This reduces the harmful interaction between the prey and predators.

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
You want to distinguish between two hypotheses to explain the patterns you see: 1) Males not feeding the young is an adaptation to dimorphism 2) If males don't feed the young in a species, it will allow them to become brightly colored To begin to address this question, map the characters changes in dimorphism and males feeding the young onto each of the trees on the previous page. CHARACTER SEXUAL DIMORPHISM MALES FEED YOUNG Cassin's Vireo No No Red Fox Sparrow Cape May Warbler Cedar Waxwing Golden-Crowned Kinglet Pyrrhuloxia Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No California Gull No Yes Note: This data is fictional 5) Which of the hypotheses in part 4 is consistent with your analysis? Explain why in a brief paragraph.
5 6 Which of these is not true? (Α B D E Orion is visible on winter evenings in the northern hemisphere but not summer evenings because of A B C Each eclipse seasons lasts a little less than five weeks The combination of the changing dates of eclipse seasons and the cycle of lunar phases causes the saros cycle Some species of crabs and turtles lay eggs only at full moon The Mayan calendar includes a period between successive eclipse seasons Eclipse seasons are slightly more than 6 months apart because of a phenomenon called "precession of the nodes" D Interference from the full Moon. The tilt of Earth's axis. The location of Earth in its orbit. The precession of Earth's axis. Baseball on television.
Mimicry of yellowjacket wasps by clearwing moths is an example of a harmless species resembling a dangerous one. What is the ad-vantage to the moth of this form of mimicry? What is the advan-tage to a dangerous species of mimicking another dangerous species?
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Biology
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap...
Biology
ISBN:9781305073951
Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology
ISBN:9781305389892
Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (Mi...
Biology
ISBN:9781305117396
Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap...
Biology
ISBN:9781337408332
Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology
ISBN:9781337392938
Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology 2e
Biology
ISBN:9781947172517
Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
Publisher:OpenStax