Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
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Chapter 20, Problem 16P
Certain animal species, such as the black-footed ferret, are nearly extinct and currently exist only in captive populations. Other species, such as the panda, are also threatened but exist in the wild thanks to intensive captive
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 20 - 20.1 Compare and contrast the terms in each of the...Ch. 20 - In a population, what is the consequence of...Ch. 20 - 20.3 Identify and describe the evolutionary forces...Ch. 20 - Describe how natural selection can produce...Ch. 20 - Thinking creatively about evolutionary mechanisms,...Ch. 20 - 20.6 Genetic drift, an evolutionary process...Ch. 20 - Over the course of many generations in a small...Ch. 20 - Catastrophic events such as loss of habitat,...Ch. 20 - 20.9 George Udny Yule was wrong in suggesting that...Ch. 20 - 20.10 The ability to taste the bitter compound...
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