BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781260670929
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 14, Problem 3PIT
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The events gradualism and punctuated equilibrium in the given concept map.

Introduction:

The concept of punctuated equilibrium explains that after inheriting certain changes, the evolutionary history of an organism does not fluctuate much but remain quite uniform with short periods of rapid alterations. Gradualism states that the organisms undergo gradual changes that take place over the evolutionary timespan.

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