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Title: What concept proposes that genes associated with altruism are selected for if they lead to behavior ...
Post by: LesleyCher on Mar 31, 2018
What concept proposes that genes associated with altruism are selected for if they lead to behavior that promotes the reproductive success of an altruist's close relatives?
 
  a. natural selection
  b. inclusive fitness
  c. altruistic behavior
  d. social evolution
  e. instinctive sacrifice

Question 2

When a leaf is wounded, it releases jasmonic acid. What effect does jasmonic acid have?
 
  a. It lowers the levels of ethylene and hydrogen peroxide.
  b. It triggers repair mechanisms within the plant.
  c. It triggers a death signal in plant cells near the wound.
  d. It increases transcription of genes whose products include a number of volatile chemicals that the plant releases into the air.
  e. It increases transcription of hundreds of genes whose products confer general hardiness to the plant.


Title: What concept proposes that genes associated with altruism are selected for if they lead to behavior ...
Post by: joehendy on Mar 31, 2018
Answer to q. 1

b

Answer to q. 2

d


Title: What concept proposes that genes associated with altruism are selected for if they lead to behavior ...
Post by: LesleyCher on Mar 31, 2018
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