BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVEST. (LOOSE)

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ISBN: 9781260203127

Author: Hoefnagels

Publisher: MCG

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Describe the taxonomic hierarchy.

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BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVEST. (LOOSE)

Ch. 14.1 - What is the relationship between macroevolution...Ch. 14.1 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 14.1 - What are some of the challenges in defining...Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 1MC Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 14.3 - Distinguish among allopatric, parapatric, and...Ch. 14.3 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 14.3 - Prob. 3MC Ch. 14.4 - Describe the theories of gradualism and punctuated...Ch. 14.4 - Prob. 2MC

Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 1MC Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 3MC Ch. 14.6 - Describe the taxonomic hierarchy.Ch. 14.6 - What is the advantage of a cladistics approach...Ch. 14.6 - Distinguish between ancestral and derived...Ch. 14.6 - Prob. 4MC Ch. 14.6 - How is a cladogram constructed?Ch. 14.6 - Prob. 6MC Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 1MC Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 14 - The biological species concept defines species...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2MCQ Ch. 14 - A mountain range separates a population of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4MCQ Ch. 14 - Prob. 5MCQ Ch. 14 - What type of reproductive barrier applies to each...Ch. 14 - How does natural selection predict a gradualistic...Ch. 14 - Why do species become extinct? Choose a species...Ch. 14 - Which of the groups in figure 1.9 represent...Ch. 14 - On figure 14.20, circle a monophyletic group, a...Ch. 14 - Prob. 1PIT Ch. 14 - Add fertilization and offspring to this concept...Ch. 14 - Draw pictures of allopatric, parapatric, and...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4PIT

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