PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
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Author: HILLIS
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To describe: Whether there is an increase or decrease in the average size of the beak of colonizing populations.

Introduction: Dolph Schluter and Peter Grant conducted experiments that were useful for the determination of variation in the beaks. In the Galapagos archipelago, the seed-eating finches utilize their beaks for collecting and cracking the shells of hard seeds.

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