16th Edition

ISBN: 9781260231700

Author: Sylvia S. Mader, Michael Windelspecht

Publisher: McGraw Hill Education

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Evolutionary adaptation is the process through which organisms adapt or adjust to their surroundings to increase the chances of survival, mating, and reproduction. An organism's behavior, physiology, and structure are adjusted or changed to make it more …

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Chapter 27.2, Problem 2CYP

Explain how a breeder might a new breed of dog with long ears and a snub nose and how this new breed is evidence of evolution.

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Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)

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