A Research Team Funded by Federal Grants Is Studying the Coevolution

question 33

Multiple Choice

A research team funded by federal grants is studying the coevolution of pain receptors in grasshopper mice and the neurotoxic venom of scorpions (one of their primary food sources) to determine how the mice have adapted to the venom of their prey.This is an example of

• A)basic research.
• B)applied research.
• C)pseudoscientific research.
• D)random research.

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