Biology
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Author: BROOKER
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 1, Problem 2TY
Populations of organisms change over the course of many generations. Many of these changes are the result of greater reproductive success. This phenomenon is
- a. evolution.
- b. homeostasis.
- c. development.
- d. genetics.
- e.
metabolism .
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