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 27, Problem 7TY
Which characteristic qualifies lizards as gnathostomes?
- a cranium
- a skeleton of bone or cartilage
- a hinged jaw
- the possession of limbs
- amniotic eggs
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Chapter 27 Solutions
Principles of Biology
Ch. 27.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 27.1 - Which of the following is not a defining...Ch. 27.1 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 27.2 - Prob. 1BCCh. 27.2 - What features distinguish ray-finned fishes from...Ch. 27.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.2 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 27.2 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 27.2 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 27.3 - Prob. 1CC
Ch. 27.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.3 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 27.3 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 27.4 - What are the other critical innovations of...Ch. 27.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 27.4 - Look ahead to Figure 33.2c. In what ways...Ch. 27.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 27.4 - The membrane of the amniotic egg that serves as a...Ch. 27.4 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 27.4 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 27.4 - Prob. 4TYKCh. 27.5 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 27 - Prob. 1TYCh. 27 - The presence of a bony skeleton, an operculum, and...Ch. 27 - Prob. 3TYCh. 27 - Which clade does not include frogs? vertebrates...Ch. 27 - Prob. 5TYCh. 27 - The outermost membrane of the amniotic egg is the...Ch. 27 - Which characteristic qualifies lizards as...Ch. 27 - Prob. 8TYCh. 27 - Prob. 9TYCh. 27 - Prob. 10TYCh. 27 - Prob. 1CCQCh. 27 - Why arent all reptiles endothermic if both birds...Ch. 27 - A principle of biology is that all species (past...Ch. 27 - Prob. 1CBQCh. 27 - Prob. 2CBQ
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