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ISBN: 9781260259049

Author: Hoefnagels

Publisher: MCG

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An evolutionary lineage is a series of populations of organisms that descend from a common ancestor. Each species in the lineage is the direct consequence of evolutionary change from a common ancestor. A phylogenetic tree is generally used to display lin…

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How do biologists use sequences of proteins and genes to infer evolutionary relationships?

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Biology: Concepts and Investigations

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Ch. 13.4 - What is a vestigial structure? What are some...Ch. 13.4 - What is convergent evolution?Ch. 13.5 - How does the study of embryonic development reveal...Ch. 13.5 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 13.6 - How does analysis of DNA and proteins support...Ch. 13.6 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 13.6 - How can molecular clocks help determine when two...Ch. 13.7 - How might the ability to crawl on land for short...Ch. 13.7 - Prob. 2MC Ch. 13 - You discover that a 24,000-year-old fossil has one...Ch. 13 - In fossils found in deeper layers of the Earth,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3MCQ Ch. 13 - Ground beetles (Carabus solieri) have useless hind...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5MCQ Ch. 13 - Prob. 6MCQ Ch. 13 - Explain the significance of the geologic timescale...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2WIO Ch. 13 - Describe six types of fossils and how they form....Ch. 13 - The bubonic plague swept through western Europe in...Ch. 13 - Index fossils represent organisms that were...Ch. 13 - Prob. 6WIO Ch. 13 - Prob. 7WIO Ch. 13 - Prob. 8WIO Ch. 13 - How do biologists use sequences of proteins and...Ch. 13 - Prob. 10WIO Ch. 13 - Figure 13.25 Pull It Together: Evidence of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2PIT Ch. 13 - Refer to figure 13.25 and the chapter content to...

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