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Ecology

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Set 12 Coevolution I Exploitative Interactions

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Question 1

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Parasitoids are a type of parasite in which

A) the host benefits as well.
B) the larvae develop in the body of the host.
C) plants are the primary host.
D) the eggs are laid in the nest of another species.
E) none of the above

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Question 2

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According to the life-dinner principle,

A) selection acts asymmetrically on predator and prey.
B) selection acts symmetrically on predator and prey.
C) coevolutionary interactions always come to equilibrium.
D) coevolutionary interactions never come to equilibrium.
E) none of the above

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Question 3

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In a coevolutionary arms race,

A) selection is stronger on the predator.
B) selection favors equilibrium.
C) each adaptation by one species leads to a new adaptation in the other.
D) each adaptation by one species negates selection on the other.
E) none of the above

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