When experimenters induced fictive swimming in dogfish, they observed that the rhythm of the fictive swimming could be synchronized to the rhythm of mechanical movements of the tail. What is this an example of?

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This is an example of entrainment, which refers to the synchronization of an organism's internal biological rhythm to an external rhythm. In this case, the dogfish's fictive swimming rhythm synchronizes with the mechanical movements of the tail.

When Experimenters Induced Fictive Swimming in Dogfish, They Observed That