Browsing Students -- Research, Data, Projects, and Papers by Subject "adaptation"
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Crabs, Flies, Yeast, Drip: A Maggot's Take on Evolution and Adaptation
(2011-05-18)In 1974, geneticist Bruce Wallace heard an address delivered by Hampton Carson describing three species of Drosophila that had independently adapted to live as obligate commensals of land crabs, spending at least the larval ... -
Exploring the Link Between Rescue Behavior and Experience in the Pavement Ant, Tetramorium sp. E
(2014-05-28)Rescue behavior, a specific form of altruism, has been recorded in diverse animal species. Pavement ants (Tetramorium sp. E) are capable of freeing nestmates trapped by antlions (Myrmeleontidae spp.), a common predator of ...