BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Why would you think twice about ordering from a restaurant menu that lists the specific epithet but not the genus name of its offerings? Hint: Look up Homarus americanus, Ursus americanus, Ceanothus americanus, Bufo americanus, Lepus americanus, and Nicrophorus americanus.
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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