(I) Conformers are the organisms that cannot maintain a constant internal environment.
(II) 99% animals and nearly all plants cannot maintain their constant internal environments
(III) During the course of evolution, the cost and benefits of maintaining a constant internal environment are discarded.
(IV) Conformity is a condition in which an external challenge induces parallel internal changes.
(V) Regulation is a condition in which external challenge elicits compensatory action to maintain the internal milien.
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Statement (III) is incorrect because evolution does not discard cost-benefit balance; it selects strategies like regulation or conformity based on advantage.
All other statements correctly describe conformers and regulators.
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