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Author Question: How do altruistic behaviors arise through natural selection? A) By his/her actio (Read 1164 times)

strangeaffliction

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on: Oct 26, 2013
How do altruistic behaviors arise through natural selection?
A) By his/her actions, the altruist increases the likelihood that some of its genes will be passed on to the next generation.
B) The altruist is appreciated by other members of the population because their survivability has been enhanced by virtue of his/her risky behavior.
C) Animals that perform altruistic acts are allowed by their population to breed more, thereby passing on their behavior genes to future generations.
D) Altruistic behaviors lower stress in populations, which increases the survivability of all the members of the population.
E) All of the options are correct.


john

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Reply #1 on: Apr 29, 2014
yeah my question does not have an all of the above questions are correct so I do not know what to put so in your opinion what would be the "most" correct answer? this is important so if you do not know please just let me know and i will find someone else to bug about this


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Reply #2 on: Apr 29, 2014
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