A species of snake has evolved resistance to a poisonous newt, allowing the snakes to prey on the newts. The newts have become more poisonous over time, as a result, leading to a kind of evolutionary arms race. This is an example of ____.
A) commensalism
B) mimicry
C) coevolution
D) ecological succession
E) environmental resistance

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Coevolution is the process by which two or more species influence each other's evolution, often in response to changes in their environment or interactions with one another. In this example, the snake and newt populations are evolving in response to each other's interactions, resulting in an arms race where the newts are becoming more poisonous and the snakes are evolving resistance to that poison.

A Species of Snake Has Evolved Resistance to a Poisonous