EBK WHAT IS LIFE? A GUIDE TO BIOLOGY
EBK WHAT IS LIFE? A GUIDE TO BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781319159153
Author: PHELAN
Publisher: VST
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How modern medicine alters selective pressures on the birth weight of human babies.

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Stabilizing selection occurs when the intermediate phenotype has a survival advantage over the extreme phenotypes.

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