BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781305967359
Author: STARR
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 43, Problem 14SA
Unrelated species living in geographically separated parts of a biome may resemble one another as a result of ______.
| a. competitive interactions | c. morphological divergence |
| b. morphological convergence | d. coevolution |
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