Which of the following is a likely explanation of why natural selection favored the evolution of signals for sexual reproduction?
A) Even in the simplest organisms, sexual reproduction required several coordinated responses by cells.
B) Multicellular eukaryotes required signals that were responded to by multiple organ systems.
C) Cells of several kinds of mating types needed to sort themselves to allow self-recognition.
D) Rooted plants required chemical diffusible signals that could travel throughout the organism.
E) Hormones required a mechanism for introducing changes in their target tissues.
Disruptive selection.
The deer mouse and the African elephant represent extremes among mammals of r versus K selection.
Dentition of a collared peccary, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History
Increasing Costs of Natural Disasters
An example of a selection list used to identify symptoms.
Structural similarities between antimetabolites and their natural counterparts.