Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 10TY
Evolutionary changes in the rate or timing of developmental events (heterochrony) explain
- why mammals are more complex than fruit flies.
- why human skulls and jaws are different sizes than those of chimpanzees.
- why some birds have webbed feet and others do not.
- how new species arise due to adaptation to local environments.
- how polyploidy can promote
speciation.
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Chapter 20 Solutions
Principles of Biology
Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 20.1 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 20.1 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 20.2 - Prob. 1BCCh. 20.2 - Is this an example of a prezygotic or a...Ch. 20.2 - Is this an example of a prezygotic or a...Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 20.2 - Which of the following is not an example of a...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 1BCCh. 20.3 - Prob. 1CC
Ch. 20.3 - Which of the following is an example of allopatric...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 20.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 20.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 20.4 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 20 - Macroevolution refers to evolutionary changes that...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2TYCh. 20 - Prob. 3TYCh. 20 - Prob. 4TYCh. 20 - Prob. 5TYCh. 20 - Prob. 6TYCh. 20 - Prob. 7TYCh. 20 - Prob. 8TYCh. 20 - Prob. 9TYCh. 20 - Evolutionary changes in the rate or timing of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 1CCQCh. 20 - Compare and contrast different mechanisms of...Ch. 20 - A principle of biology is that populations of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 1CBQCh. 20 - Discuss the type of speciation (allopatric or...
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