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ISBN: 9781319154639
Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Co
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Chapter 10, Problem 10SA
Summary Introduction
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How modern medicine alters selective pressures on the birth weight of human babies.
Introduction:
Stabilizing selection occurs when the intermediate phenotype has a survival advantage over the extreme
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