Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Evolution is the change in the characteristics of organisms in a species over the course of generations as a result of natural selection. By studying the similarities and differences among species, evolutionary relationship between species can be constructed.
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