Campbell Essential Biology (7th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134765037
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 11IMT
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The evident major theme for the statement given in the book: “The body and bill of a diving bird, the blue footed booby, is streamlined like a torpedo” and also explain how the statement relates to the theme.
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By natural selection only those species survive that have acquired the trait which helps the species in survival by adaptation of any type like body parts. The
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