Unlike in human beings, behavior in insects and many other species is
determined almost entirely by biological inheritance.
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Life Science: Regulation and behavior Grades 5-8, page 157 Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by heredity and in part from experience. |