Biology
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ISBN: 9780078024269
Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 11A
Which of the foIlowing represents the permanent loss of aspecies?
a. natural selection
b. greenhouse effect
c. extinction
d. climate change
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