MADER BIOLOGY
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Chapter 15, Problem 14A
All vertebrate embryos have pharyngeal pouches.
Key:
a. biogeographical evidence
b. fossil evidence
c. biochemical evidence
d. anatomical evidence
e. developmental evidence
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