Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305389892
Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 23.4, Problem 2SB
What events apparently triggered the mass extinction at the end of the Permian period?
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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 23.1 - What biological materials are the most likely to...Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 2SBCh. 23.1 - Prob. 3SBCh. 23.2 - Prob. 1SBCh. 23.2 - Prob. 2SBCh. 23.3 - Which type of geographical distribution requires...Ch. 23.3 - Why do distantly related species that live in...Ch. 23.4 - What factors might allow a population of organisms...Ch. 23.4 - What events apparently triggered the mass...Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 3SB
Ch. 23.5 - Prob. 1SBCh. 23.5 - Prob. 2SBCh. 23.6 - Prob. 1SBCh. 23.6 - Prob. 2SBCh. 23.6 - Prob. 3SBCh. 23 - The fossil record: a. provides direct and indirect...Ch. 23 - The absolute age of a geological stratum is...Ch. 23 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 4TYKCh. 23 - Biologists believe that the overall similarities...Ch. 23 - The differential growth of body parts is called:...Ch. 23 - Exaptations are traits that: a. prepare some...Ch. 23 - Adaptive radiations often follow mass extinctions...Ch. 23 - Prob. 9TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 10TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 11TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 12TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 13TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 14TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 15TYKCh. 23 - Prob. 1ITD
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