Campbell Biology in Focus, Books a la Carte Edition; Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - ValuePack Access Card - for Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134433769

Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman

Publisher: PEARSON

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A typical prokaryotic cell has about 3,000 genes in its DNA while a human cell has almost 21,000 genes About 1000 of these genes are present in both types of cells. (a) Based on your understanding of evolution explain how such different organisms could have this same subset of 1,000 genes. (b) What sorts of functions might these shared genes have? Justify your choices

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Campbell Biology in Focus, Books a la Carte Edition; Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - ValuePack Access Card - for Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)

Ch. 1.1 - Starting with the molecular level in Figure 1.3,...Ch. 1.1 - Identify me theme or themes exemplified by (a) the...Ch. 1.1 - WHAT IF? For each theme discussed in this section...Ch. 1.2 - How is a mailing address analogous to biologys...Ch. 1.2 - Explain why editing is an appropriate metaphor for...Ch. 1.2 - DRAW IT Recent evidence indicates that fungi and...Ch. 1.3 - Contrast inductive reasoning with deductive...Ch. 1.3 - What qualitative observation led to the...Ch. 1.3 - Why is natural selection called a theory?Ch. 1.3 - How does science differ from technology?

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