Regarding mating behavior, choose the false statement from the list:     Some aspects of courtship behavior may have evolved from agonistic interactions.     Courtship interactions ensure that the participating individuals are nonthreatening and of the proper species, sex, and physiological condition for mating.     The mating relationship in most mammals is monogamous, to ensure the reproductive success of the pair.     Polygamous relationships most often involve a single male and many females, but in some species this is reversed.   Salmon swimming against the stream to lay eggs is an example of      taxis.     tropism.     kinesis.     cognitive mapping     spatial learning   Female Apanteles wasps lay their eggs in caterpillars of the genus Pieris. The site of the caterpillar initiates the egg laying behavior. This is an example of     a fixed action pattern.     problem solving behavior.     habituation.     territorial behavior.

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Regarding mating behavior, choose the false statement from the list:

   

Some aspects of courtship behavior may have evolved from agonistic interactions.

   

Courtship interactions ensure that the participating individuals are nonthreatening and of the proper species, sex, and physiological condition for mating.

   

The mating relationship in most mammals is monogamous, to ensure the reproductive success of the pair.

   

Polygamous relationships most often involve a single male and many females, but in some species this is reversed.

 

Salmon swimming against the stream to lay eggs is an example of 

   

taxis.

   

tropism.

   

kinesis.

   

cognitive mapping

   

spatial learning

 

Female Apanteles wasps lay their eggs in caterpillars of the genus Pieris. The site of the caterpillar initiates the egg laying behavior. This is an example of
   
a fixed action pattern.
   
problem solving behavior.
   
habituation.
   
territorial behavior.

 

Regarding mating behavior, choose the false statement from the list:

   

Some aspects of courtship behavior may have evolved from agonistic interactions.

   

Courtship interactions ensure that the participating individuals are nonthreatening and of the proper species, sex, and physiological condition for mating.

   

The mating relationship in most mammals is monogamous, to ensure the reproductive success of the pair.

   

Polygamous relationships most often involve a single male and many females, but in some species this is reversed.

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