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The fossil record (a) usually occurs in sedimentary rock (b) sometimes appears fragmentary (c) is relatively complete for tropical rainforest organisms but incomplete for aquatic organisms (d) a and b (e) a, b, and c
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Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 18.1 - Prob. 1CCh. 18.1 - Prob. 2CCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 18.2 - Prob. 1CCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2CCh. 18.3 - Explain the four premises of evolution by natural...Ch. 18.3 - Compare the modern synthesis with Darwins original...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 1CCh. 18.3 - Why are only inherited variations important in the...
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