BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 16, Problem 15SA
Match the terms with the most suitable description.
| ____fitness | a. does not affect fitness |
| ____fossils | b. best fossil content |
| ____natural selection | c. survival of the fittest |
| ____homeotic genes | d. characteristic of a radioisotope |
| ____half-life | e. similar across diverse taxa |
| ____analogous structures | f. evidence of life in distant past |
| ____homologous structures | g. insect wing and bird wing |
| ____sedimentary rock | h. human arm and bird wing |
| ____neutral mutation | i. measured by reproductive success |
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Chapter 16 Solutions
BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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