Biological Science (6th Edition)
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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 16PIAT
Evolution often results in the co-option of a preexisting structure for a new use. Cite three examples from this chapter to support this statement. Evolution can also result in the loss of a trait. Cite three examples from this chapter.
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Chapter 32 Solutions
Biological Science (6th Edition)
Ch. 32 - True or false? Both echinoderms and vertebrates...Ch. 32 - 2. What trait(s) define(s) the vertebrates?
a....Ch. 32 - The two major lineages that make up the living...Ch. 32 - Most species of hominins are known only from...Ch. 32 - Mammals and birds are both endothermic. Which...Ch. 32 - MODEL Sketch a simple model of a generic chordate...Ch. 32 - 7. There is some evidence that pharyngeal slits...Ch. 32 - MODEL Draw a phylogeny of modem humans that would...Ch. 32 - 9. Consider the evolution of protostomes (Chapter...Ch. 32 - 10. MODEL Genetic diversity in living human...
Ch. 32 - Prob. 11PIATCh. 32 - CAUTION How is the opossum related to you? a. An...Ch. 32 - 13. Gene expression patterns can be used to test...Ch. 32 - 14. PROCESS OF SCIENCE Researchers studied mice...Ch. 32 - 15. The image of the opossum skull shows that the...Ch. 32 - Evolution often results in the co-option of a...
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