Red-eyed tree frog eggs can hatch up to two days earlier than average when they detect vibrations. However, if they hatch more than two days earlier than expected due to vibrations, the embryos are typically not developed enough to survive outside of the egg. Explain how natural selection inhibited frog eggs from hatching any earlier than two days before expected hatching. Explain your answer in 1–2 sentences.
My guess is that red-eyed tree frogs hatched early due to vibrations in fear of being eaten by predators. However due to them dying regardless of their early hatch, natural selection ran it’s course again and stopped them from hatching early.
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Natural selection inhibited frog eggs from hatching any earlier than two days before expected hatching because embryos that hatched too early were not developed enough to survive, resulting in decreased chances of passing on their genes to future generations. Therefore, only eggs that hatched within the optimal time frame had a higher chance of survival and reproduction, leading to the selection for this specific hatching behavior.
Natural selection inhibited frog eggs from hatching any earlier than two days before expected hatching because embryos that hatched too early were not sufficiently developed to survive outside the egg, leading to their reduced chances of survival and reproduction, ultimately resulting in a lower frequency of genes associated with premature hatching in future generations.
