Biology
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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 18, Problem 5RQ
What advantages and disadvantages would terrestrial existence have had for the first plants to invade the land? For the first land animals?
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