Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 3SQ
Similarities in ________ are the basis of similarities in traits.
- a. karyotype
- b. DNA sequence
- c. the double helix
- d. chromosome number
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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