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Animal Biology

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Set 16 Cooperative Behavior

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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What evidence did Herczeg, Gonda, and Merilä (2009) use to suggest that sticklebacks suffer a cost of sociality?

A) Fish raised in groups took longer to find food.
B) Fish raised in groups suffered higher incidence of disease.
C) Fish in groups had lower growth rates than fish raised alone.
D) Fish in groups experienced a higher cost of movement.
E) Fish in groups had a more restricted diet than did solitary fish.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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Social queuing refers to which of the following?

A) A line of individuals that defend their offspring
B) Waiting for access to a food in a social group
C) The time to find food in groups of different size
D) The ability to move up in dominance rank over time
E) The changing of an individual's sex over time

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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Selection for behaviors that increase the fitness of relatives characterizes which of the following?

A) Group selection
B) Sexual selection
C) Offspring selection
D) Directional selection
E) Kin selection

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