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Homing pigeons, when released at a place far away from their home, use earth's magnetic field or the sun as navigational cues and choose the right direction to fly. To test the hypotheses, two experiments were conducted. In Experiment I, one group of pigeons (Test) were equipped with Helmholtz coils (which disrupt magnetic field detection), while the second group (Control) were not. Both groups were released on a sunny day. Experiment II used the same Control and Test groups of pigeons, but they were released on a cloudy, overcast day. The expected results, if the hypotheses is true, would be

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In homing pigeons, when released at a place, In Experiment I, both Control and Test groups fly in the rig represents established outcome. functional assays confirms option A (In Experiment I, both Control ) as correct, while alternatives misstate substrate or regulatory direction, contradicting textbook data.

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