BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Author: STARR
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Chapter 16, Problem 14SA
All of the following data types can be used as evidence of shared ancestry except similarities in _______ .
| a. amino acid sequence | d. embryonic development |
| b. DNA sequence | e. form due to convergence |
| c. fossil morphology | f. all are appropriate |
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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