Given that the costs of mounting a fever are less than the benefits, the princip

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Given that the costs of mounting a fever are less than the benefits, the principle of asymmetric harm predi 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 ncessary tshelp clear it. A fever response is mounted more often than it is actually néeded to help defend against an infection. b. C. evers d. evolution of lower basal body temperatures 9. Which hypothesis for the evolution of sexual reproduction posits that sex is an adaptation for escaping

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Answer 1.Option b

Fever is produced in the body sometimes due to the activity of the interferons. Interferons are the anti-viral proteins that help in raising the temperature of the human body so that toxicity due to their protein content (of the antigen) can be denatured.

Answer 9. It's Red Queen Hypothesis. According to this, an organism should not adapt only to show reproductive advantage but also to survive against the opposing organisms in the environment.

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