Question

Carl Gans suggested that many tetrapods with elongated bodies may have developed undulatory motion like slithering despite still having these things. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these body parts that evolved from fins in tetrapods. Degeneration of the ZRS sequence may have contributed to the loss of these general body parts in snakes.
ANSWER: limbs [accept arms or legs]
[10h] Despite becoming limbless, snakes can occasionally be born with limbs in an example of this phenomenon, in which evolutionarily lost traits can re-emerge phenotypically in particular individuals.
ANSWER: atavism
[10m] While the coloration of venomous coral snakes is an honest aposematic signal, kingsnakes have evolved to have similar coloring despite being harmless in an example of this form of mimicry.
ANSWER: Batesian mimicry
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Lehigh ABard A100010
Columbia ARowan A1010020
Penn APrinceton A1010020
Penn AColumbia B0101020
Penn AColumbia B010010
Penn APrinceton A10101030
Penn State AJohns Hopkins B100010
Penn BJohns Hopkins A010010
Rutgers APenn B100010
Penn State BHaverford A100010
Penn APrinceton A100010
Penn AColumbia B001010
Penn AColumbia B0000
Penn APrinceton A1001020
Columbia BRutgers C100010