Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 13SQ
All of the following data types can be used as evidence of shared ancestry except similarities in _______.
- a. amino acid sequences
- b. embryonic development
- c. DNA sequences
- d. fossil morphologies
- e. form due to convergent evolution
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