A Botanist Working in the Amazon Rain Forest Discovers a New

question 37

Multiple Choice

A botanist working in the Amazon rain forest discovers a new species of orchid. Interestingly, males but not females of a certain wasp species keep visiting the flowers of these orchids. Why?

• A)Male wasps are likely attracted to the bright colors of the orchids' flowers.
• B)The orchid might produce a pheromone similar to that produced by female wasps.
• C)Male wasps are likely attracted to the sweet nectar produced by the orchid.
• D)Male wasps are likely attracted by paracrine signals produced by the orchid.
• E)Male wasps are likely attracted by growth factors produced by the orchid.

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