Biological Science (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780321976499
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 32, Problem 12PIAT
CAUTION How is the opossum related to you?
a. An opossum is an animal, but I am a human.
b. An opossum is a mammal, but I am a human.
c. An opossum is a marsupial, but I am a placental mammal.
d. The opossum and I are both placental mammals.
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Biological Science (6th Edition)
Ch. 32 - True or false? Both echinoderms and vertebrates...Ch. 32 - 2. What trait(s) define(s) the vertebrates?
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