Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
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Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
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To describe: The way in which the amniotes are more structurally or functionally suited for terrestriality than the anamniotes.
Introduction: In the late Paleozoic era, the amniotes came into existence and diversified. The clade Amniota includes mammals, reptiles, and birds. Amniotes are in close relation with anthracosaurs that is a group belonging to anamniotes. The anamniotes are vertebrates in which amnion is absent.
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