Given That the Costs of Mounting a Fever Are Less

question 6

Multiple Choice

Given that the costs of mounting a fever are less than the benefits, the principle of asymmetric harm predicts that natural selection should result in which of the following?

• A) Fevers only occur when an infection has progressed far enough that a fever will be necessary to help clear it.
• B) A fever response is mounted more often than it is actually needed to help defend against an infection.
• C) frequent cases where fevers would be beneficial but a fever response is not mounted
• D) evolution of lower basal body temperatures

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