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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How is the observation of “sporting mutations” in animal breeding used to challenge Darwin’s theory of gradualism? Why did Darwin reject such mutations as having little evolutionary importance?
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