6th Edition

ISBN: 9781259700903

Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Sexual reproduction produces distinct population variations. Heredity determines the traits and qualities to be passed down to the progeny. Over time, this variation within-species is also affected by the process of human evolution. The study of how gene…

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Chapter 1, Problem 13P

Why do scientists think that new genes arise by duplication of an original gene and divergence by mutation?

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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes

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