Video: The Evolutionary Arms Race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3mAekECWw
What is meant by the Arms Race between snake and newt?
How do scientists explain the evolutionary development of potent toxins in newts?
List 2-3 factors have led to the emergence of drug resistant strains of various diseases?
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What are humans doing to result in more virulent viruses?
How can humans affect viruses to become less virulent?
Why is it that large cats (lions, tigers, cheetahs) exposed to FIV don’t contract the disease?
How is the relationship between cats and FIV similar to what has been discovered about 10%
of the European population and HIV?
Give an example of a mutualistic symbiotic relationship that occurs in nature.
How do leaf cutter and keep harmful molds from over running their nests?
What was discovered in Germany (Bavaria) about the connection between farm animals and
allergies in children?