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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Solution Summary: The author explains that genetic drift is more powerful in small populations. Evolution refers to a process of changes that occur in the heritable characters of living organisms.

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