Concepts of Biology
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ISBN: 9781938168116
Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 11, Problem 2RQ
Which scientific concept did Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently discover?
a. mutation
b. natural selection
c. overbreeding
d. sexual reproduction
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