Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 7RQ
Explain how bony fishes differ from sharks and rays in the following systems or features: skeleton, scales, buoyancy, respiration, and reproduction.
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Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
Ch. 24 - Prob. 1RQCh. 24 - What evidence suggests that hagfishes and lampreys...Ch. 24 - Describe feeding behavior in hagfishes and...Ch. 24 - Describe the life cycle of sea lampreys,...Ch. 24 - In what ways are sharks well equipped for a...Ch. 24 - What function does the lateral-line system serve?...Ch. 24 - Explain how bony fishes differ from sharks and...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8RQCh. 24 - Prob. 9RQCh. 24 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 24 - Prob. 11RQCh. 24 - Explain how lungfishes are adapted to survive out...Ch. 24 - Describe the discoveries of living coelacanths....Ch. 24 - Compare the swimming movements of eels with those...Ch. 24 - Sharks and bony fishes approach or achieve neutral...Ch. 24 - Prob. 16RQCh. 24 - Prob. 17RQCh. 24 - Prob. 18RQCh. 24 - Prob. 19RQCh. 24 - Describe the life cycle of freshwater eels.Ch. 24 - Prob. 21RQCh. 24 - Prob. 22RQCh. 24 - Prob. 23RQCh. 24 - Prob. 1FFT
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