If anyone is interested in more on this, I think this is an example of what is called an extended phenotype. A phenotype is the expression of a genotype (gene), such as hair color. "Extended" means to something like this, i.e. birds that build a certain type of nest that comes from a genotype.
Richard Dawkins wrote a book called "the extended phenotype" about this, if anyone cares to learn more.
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If anyone is interested in more on this, I think this is an example of what is called an extended phenotype. A phenotype is the expression of a genotype (gene), such as hair color. "Extended" means to something like this, i.e. birds that build a certain type of nest that comes from a genotype.
Richard Dawkins wrote a book called "the extended phenotype" about this, if anyone cares to learn more.