BIOLOGY
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Chapter 23, Problem 5U
The forelimb of a bird and the forelimb of a rhinoceros
a. are homologous and symplesiomorphic.
b. are not homologous but are symplesiomorphic.
c. are homologous and synapomorphic.
d. are not homologous but are synapomorphic.
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Chapter 23 Solutions
BIOLOGY
Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 23.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 23.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 23.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 23.2 - Demonstrate how a cladogram is constructed.Ch. 23.3 - Explain the taxonomic classification system.Ch. 23.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 23.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 23.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 23.4 - Prob. 2LO
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