Discuss your takeaways on the quotation below. “What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise and the wing of the bat should all be constructed on the same pattern and should include similar bones, and in the same relative positions”

Discuss your takeaways on the quotation below. “What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise and the wing of the bat should all be constructed on the same pattern and should include similar bones, and in the same relative positions”

An Illustrated Guide To Vet Med Term

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ISBN:9781305465763

Author:ROMICH

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Chapter4: Head To Toe(and All Parts In Between)

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8S

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