We suggest creating a diagram as you read this question. The \'Yelder\' caribou

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We suggest creating a diagram as you read this question. The 'Yelder' caribou herd breeds on the North Slope of Canada near the Arctic Circle. A caribou researcher noticed that there were two subgroups within the Yelder caribou population and that one subgroup (1) migrated directly south to over winter in the southern Canadian Yukon, While the other subgroup (2) migrated southwest to Alaska. The researcher realized that this was a great opportunity to study whether the basis of caribou migration behavior was genetic or learned. What should the researcher do to answer this question? Capture caribou from subgroup 1 in the southern Yukon, attach a GPS receiver, and release them on the North Slope to see if they migrate back to the southern Yukon Capture caribou from subgroup 2 in Alaska, attach a GPS receiver, and release them on the North Slope to see if the migrate back to Alaska rather than the southern Yukon. Just before they are ready for their first migration take the offspring from their parents and observe which direction they attempt to migrate. On the North Slope, after adults have their young, lake the young away and hand raise them keeping them away from their parents and each other At the beginning of the migration period attach a GPS receiver to the young caribou, and release them into the wild to track their migration. On the North Slope attach a GPS receiver to the caribous to Hack their migration. Release the caribous from subgroup 1 in Alaska and see if they migrate to the southern Yukon. Release the birds from subgroup 2 in the southern Yukon and see if they migrate to Alaska. On the North Slope, after adults from subgroup 1 and 2 have babies, take the babies away and hand raise them, keeping them away from their parents and each other. In a location away from other caribou. observe which direction the hand-raised animals attempt to migrate.

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The researchers should take the babies away from the other caribous and parents, they should be hand raised and then should be observed to which direction they migrate. If they will migrate to same destination as their parents and subgroup do then it will be gentically but if they don't migrate to same then it will be due to learning. The option E is correct because in other option they are leaving them at beginning of migration in which they can follow their other species members

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