
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
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What is natural selection? Describe how natural selection might haw caused unequal reproduction among the ancestors of a fast-swimming predatory fish, such as the barracuda.
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