Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 8RQ
Most herbivorous mammals depend on cellulose as their main energy source, yet no mammal synthesizes cellulose-splitting enzymes. How are the digestive tracts of mammals specialized for symbiotic digestion of cellulose?
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Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
Ch. 28 - Describe the evolution of mammals, tracing their...Ch. 28 - Describe structural and functional adaptations...Ch. 28 - Hair is hypothesized to have evolved in therapsids...Ch. 28 - What is distinctive about each of the following:...Ch. 28 - Describe location and principal function(s) of...Ch. 28 - Define diphyodont and heterodont and explain why...Ch. 28 - Prob. 7RQCh. 28 - Most herbivorous mammals depend on cellulose as...Ch. 28 - How does fermentation differ between horses and...Ch. 28 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 28 - Describe the annual migrations of barren-ground...Ch. 28 - Prob. 12RQCh. 28 - Describe and distinguish patterns of reproduction...Ch. 28 - Distinguish between territory and home range for...Ch. 28 - Describe the hare-lynx population cycle,...Ch. 28 - Prob. 16RQCh. 28 - Prob. 17RQCh. 28 - What role do the fossils named Ardi and Lucy play...Ch. 28 - Prob. 19RQCh. 28 - When did the different species of Homo appear and...Ch. 28 - Prob. 1FFT
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