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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Why are biologists careful to distinguish similarities due to homology from similarities due to analogy when constructing phylogenetic trees?
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