Biology
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Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 3A
The process that involves passing on genetc informationbetween generations is called
a. natural selection.
b. reproduction.
c. development.
d.
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