Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
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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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To determine: The meaning of the terms dispersal and vicariance and the difference between them based on disjunct distributions among animals.

Introduction: Vicariance and dispersal are the two factors that have contributed to the evolution of distinct distributional patterns in most organisms. The methods of vicariance biogeography play an important role in finding such cases.

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