Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 3FTB
Complex cells that contain a nucleus and other organelles are called __________ cells. A compelling explanation for the origin of these complex cells is the _______ hypothesis. One observation that supports this hypothesis is that mitochondria have their own ______.
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Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
Ch. 18 - 1. Almost all of the oxygen gas in today’s...Ch. 18 - Extinction a. generally does not occur except...Ch. 18 - 3. In the endosymbiotic origin of the...Ch. 18 - 4. Which of the following does not list...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5MCCh. 18 - 1. Because there was no oxygen in the earliest...Ch. 18 - 2. The molecule ________ became a candidate for...Ch. 18 - 3. Complex cells that contain a nucleus and other...Ch. 18 - 4. The sperm of early land plants had to reach the...Ch. 18 - 5. Early plants that protected their seeds within...
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