BIOL 3600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cross-Dressing
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This male is too small to fight for a mate, but he has another plan, and it"s sneaky. The misconception in the bold is that evolution occurs to make organisms better. This is not the case, as natural selection does not produce organisms that are perfectly suited to their environment. Evolution does not occur to make the organism perfect; it only allows them to be good enough to survive. He approaches the couple cautiously, holding his tentacles tucked up at the front, mimicking a female that wants to mate. To complete his disguise, he changes color to appear even more like a female. The guarding male seems convinced, maybe he thinks his luck is in another female to add to his conquests! Evolution occurs when organisms reproduce and successfully pass along their heritable traits to their offspring due to variation within the population and differential survival and reproductive success.
