Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 8SQ
Through ______, a body part of an ancestor is modified differently in different lines of descent.
- a. homologous evolution
- b. convergent evolution
- c. analogous evolution
- d. divergent evolution
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