Campbell Biology Concepts and Connections, Third custom edition for Orange Coast College, Includes Online Access code.
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ISBN: 9781323753156
Author: Simon Taylor, Hogan Dickey, Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 6TYK
Which of the following is an example of a postzygotic reproductive barrier?
a. One Ceanothus shrub lives on acid soil, another on alkaline soil.
b. Mallard and pintail ducks mate at different times of year.
c. Two species of leopard frogs have different mating calls.
d. Hybrid offspring of two species of jimsonweeds always the before reproducing.
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Ch. 14 - Name the two types of speciation represented by...Ch. 14 - Fill in the blanks in the following concept map.Ch. 14 - Which concept of species would be most useful to a...Ch. 14 - According to the biological species concept,...Ch. 14 - Bird guides once listed the myrtle warbler and...Ch. 14 - Which of the following is an example of a...Ch. 14 - Biologists have found more than 500 species of...Ch. 14 - A new plant species C, which formed from...Ch. 14 - A horse (2n = 64) and a donkey (2n = 62) can mate...Ch. 14 - What prevents horses and donkeys from hybridizing...
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