The Sea Dragon Is a Fish That Looks and Acts

question 96

Multiple Choice

The sea dragon is a fish that looks and acts like kelp in order to attract its food. The explanation that proposed that this is due to genetic modification that expands smaller appendages already present in these fish's ancestors would be the ____ explanation.

• A) functional
• B) evolutionary
• C) otogenetic
• D) biological

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