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Chapter 32, Problem 6TYU
In which of the following species should natural selection favor the highest proportion of nephrons with loops of Henie that extend deep into the renal medula?
- A. A a river otter
- B. B a mouse species living in a temperate broadleaf forest
- C. C a mouse species living in a desert
- D. a beaver
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