INTEGRAT PRINC OF ZOO (LL W/ CONNECT)
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Author: HICKMAN
Publisher: MCG
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What evidence suggests that hagfishes and lampreys form a monophyletic group?
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INTEGRAT PRINC OF ZOO (LL W/ CONNECT)
Ch. 24 - Prob. 1RQCh. 24 - What evidence suggests that hagfishes and lampreys...Ch. 24 - Describe feeding behavior in hagfishes and...Ch. 24 - Describe the life cycle of sea lampreys,...Ch. 24 - In what ways are sharks well equipped for a...Ch. 24 - What function does the lateral-line system serve?...Ch. 24 - Explain how bony fishes differ from sharks and...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8RQCh. 24 - Prob. 9RQCh. 24 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 24 - Prob. 11RQCh. 24 - Explain how lungfishes are adapted to survive out...Ch. 24 - Describe the discoveries of living coelacanths....Ch. 24 - Compare the swimming movements of eels with those...Ch. 24 - Sharks and bony fishes approach or achieve neutral...Ch. 24 - Prob. 16RQCh. 24 - Prob. 17RQCh. 24 - Prob. 18RQCh. 24 - Prob. 19RQCh. 24 - Describe the life cycle of freshwater eels.Ch. 24 - Prob. 21RQCh. 24 - Prob. 22RQCh. 24 - Prob. 23RQCh. 24 - Prob. 1FFT
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