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QOF the Fortnight

Answer 3 is the best answer that describes the relationship


between bats and moths. This relationship is an example of antagonistic
coevolution due to some evidence in the text. First, antagonistic
coevolution shows protection that exists between predator and prey. To
prove this, bats have evolved their ability of echolocation to find moths.
On other hands, moths developed their ears to help them detect
echolocation of bats and create protection from capture. Secondly, it is a
competitive relationship in which both species benefit from each other. In
our case, the predator (the bat) gets better at catching the prey, it
encourages the prey (the moth) to perform better at escaping. This
competitive relationship supports species to take advantage of each
other leading to what is called an evolutionary arms race. The arms race
is responsible for the development of species genes that influence
adaptation among organisms. As we can see, the selection of increased
hunting of bats leads to the development of hearing in moths. Therefore,
the relationship between moths and bats is well described by
antagonistic co-evolution which is an evolutionary arms race due to
adaptation changes between species.

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