Biological Science (6th Edition)
Biological Science (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780321976499
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Evolution refers to the alteration in the heritable characteristics of the biological population over a period of generations. Evolutionary processes lead to biodiversity at the different hierarchical levels: biological organization level, species level, and molecular level.

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