5. The authors suggest that "reptile embryos could plausibly obtain a fitness benefit by behavioral thermoregulation."
a. Explain what the authors mean by this statement. Give a specific example of a fitness benefit.
b. Suggest an experiment that could be done to test the possibility noted by the authors in their statement. Explain how your experiment will provide a test for this question.
5.a. The thermal constraints can affect the metabolic activities along with the fitness-related activites. The ectothermic animals, such as reptiles regulate their temperatures by opting for certain thermal conditions to maximize their fitness benefit. The embryos of the reptiles are also capable to regulating theit body temperatures by moving within the egg to attain a body temperature that will allow them to grow healthy. One of the fitness benefit attained by this is increasing the chnaces of hatching survival.
b. In order to test the statement noted by the authors, putting the eggs of two different animals (ine ectothermic and one endothermic) through the same conditions (changing the temperature surrounding the egg.
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