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

See similar textbooks

Concept explainers

Gene Flow

Gene flow, also known as gene migration, is the introduction of genetic material from a particular population to another population of the same species through interbreeding. For example, a bee facilitates its reproductive process by carrying pollen from…

Population Biology

Population biology is the study of patterns in organism populations, specifically the growth and management of population size, population genetics, the evolution of life history, species interactions, and demography.

Speciation

The process of speciation involves the formation of new species during evolution. The new species evolve in such a way that both new and old species are not able to interbreed. Thus, speciation occurs when few members of one species get separated from th…

Allele Fixation

A gene is a unit of heredity and contains both physical and functional information that shapes an individual. Genes are made up of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which carry genetic information from one generation to another, from one set of parents to the…

Videos

Textbook Question

Chapter 28, Problem 11RQ

Describe the annual migrations of barren-ground caribou and fur seals.

Expert Solution & Answer

Want to see the full answer?

Check out a sample textbook solution

See solution

Chapter 28, Problem 10RQ

Chapter 28, Problem 12RQ

Students have asked these similar questions

Discuss reasons why gray whales leave their cold-water feeding grounds during the winter season.

Explain the immediate and secondary effects of removing otters from a kelp forest ecosystem.

Explain blue whales' ecological niche and how they interact with biotic and abiotic components.

Chapter 28 Solutions

Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology

Ch. 28 - Describe the evolution of mammals, tracing their...Ch. 28 - Describe structural and functional adaptations...Ch. 28 - Hair is hypothesized to have evolved in therapsids...Ch. 28 - What is distinctive about each of the following:...Ch. 28 - Describe location and principal function(s) of...Ch. 28 - Define diphyodont and heterodont and explain why...Ch. 28 - Prob. 7RQ Ch. 28 - Most herbivorous mammals depend on cellulose as...Ch. 28 - How does fermentation differ between horses and...Ch. 28 - Prob. 10RQ

Ch. 28 - Describe the annual migrations of barren-ground...Ch. 28 - Prob. 12RQ Ch. 28 - Describe and distinguish patterns of reproduction...Ch. 28 - Distinguish between territory and home range for...Ch. 28 - Describe the hare-lynx population cycle,...Ch. 28 - Prob. 16RQ Ch. 28 - Prob. 17RQ Ch. 28 - What role do the fossils named Ardi and Lucy play...Ch. 28 - Prob. 19RQ Ch. 28 - When did the different species of Homo appear and...Ch. 28 - Prob. 1FFT

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.