LIFESCI 2D03 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
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Animal behavior is a self generated movement of either a body part of the whole body in animals. There are courtship dances or rituals that animals do. Some animals play dead and secrete the smell of death to send away predators. The ability to acquire a new neuronal representation of new information. An individual may use that information to determine subsequent behavior. Evolution is any process that causes change in the proportion of heritable traits within a population spread over many generations. Darwin"s main contribution was that he came with the mechanisms that cause evolution. Which was that he turtles that were close to the mainland were similar, but the ones near the sea looked different. His favorite quote was: species were not made by god. Three things that provide animals with reproduction advantages are: Natural selection: transfer of heritable traits that increase fitness. Effects behavioral traits along with morphological, anatomical and developmental.