Describe How a Desert Iguana Can Survive High Summer Temperatures

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Short Answer

Describe how a desert iguana can survive high summer temperatures.

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Definitions:

Genetics

A field within biology focusing on the transmission of traits from parents to offspring and the differences in these traits among individuals.

Adult Personality

The pattern of thoughts, feelings, social adjustments, and behaviors consistently exhibited over time that strongly influences one's expectations, self-perceptions, values, and attitudes.

Heritability

The proportion of observed variation in a particular trait (as within a population) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrast to environmental ones.

Twin-Study Method

A research method used in genetics and psychology to determine the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences on individual traits and behaviors.