BIO320H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quinine, Tonic Water, Sensory System
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Signals denote communication: communication denotes is the idea of senders and receivers, and how the receivers influence design. In other words: as simple signal is not so simple to define: signal influence - signals vs. cues. What is and isn"t communication: deceptions and eves dropping. Definition: *a single influences another individual"s behaviour and evolved for this purpose. A simple signal can be a structure or an act, received/intercepted by one sensory system. Act of waving is a signal, bright colouration signal even if you don"t do anything with its still a signal signal does not have to be a behaviour it can be a structure. Static signal, all blue and everyone brown- signals are always on. Gazelle- notice a predator- bounce up and down- this signal convey to the predator look how long and high i can jump and you can"t catch me because i am faster.
