When an Adult Fruit File Emerges from Its Pupal Case

When an adult fruit file emerges from its pupal case, it does so during a short interval around dawn when the atmosphere is cool and moist, allowing the flies to expand their wings with a minimal loss of water. The procedure takes several hours to complete. The fruit fly is best exemplifying which of the following advantages of clock-controlled behavior?

A) anticipation of environmental change
B) continuous measurement of time
C) entrainment by environmental cycles
D) synchronization of behavior with an event that cannot be sensed directly

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