Essentials of Biology (5th International Edition)
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Author: Sylvia S. Mader, Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill
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Contrast the gradualistic model of evolution with the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution.
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Essentials of Biology (5th International Edition)
Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 16.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 16.1 - 3. Contrast allopatric speciation with sympatric...Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 4LOCh. 16.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 16.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 16.1 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 16.1 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 16.1 - Prob. 1A
Ch. 16.1 - Prob. 2ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 3ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 4ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 5ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 6ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 7ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 8ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 9ACh. 16.1 - Prob. 10ACh. 16.2 - Understand how the geological timescale reflects...Ch. 16.2 - Contrast the gradualistic model of evolution with...Ch. 16.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 16.2 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 16.2 - Prob. 11ACh. 16.2 - Prob. 12ACh. 16.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 4LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 5LOCh. 16.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 16.3 - Prob. 13ACh. 16.3 - Prob. 14ACh. 16.3 - Prob. 15ACh. 16 - Prob. 1BYBCh. 16 - What processes drive the evolution of new species?...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3BYBCh. 16 - Prob. S14.2BYBCh. 16 - Prob. S15.1BYBCh. 16 - Prob. S15.2BYBCh. 16 - Prob. 1TCCh. 16 - The Hawaiian Islands are located thousands of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3TC
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