Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 23, Problem 6TYK
The differential growth of body parts is called:
a. allometry.
b. paedomorphosis.
c. heterochrony.
d. phyletic gradualism.
e. evo-devo.
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