Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 30.4, Problem 1R
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The reason why a life cycle cannot be evolved to maximize feeding as well as reproduction simultaneously.

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In most animals, the young ones are considerably different from the adult. The newborn animals go through a life cycle, which involves many different stages in order to become an adult capable of reproduction. In these animals, one of the stages of the life cycle is specialized for feeding and another for reproduction.

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