Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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To describe:

The features that distinguish coelacanths from other types of vertebrates.

Introduction:

The coelacanths are one of the living fossils that live in deep waters. The “West Indian Ocean coelacanth” is a fish that is more similar to the “lungfishes, reptiles, and mammals” as compared to the “ray-finned fishes”.

Summary Introduction

To describe:

The differences between major groups of vertebrates.

Introduction:

The vertebrates of the chordates include “jawless fishes”, “cartilaginous fishes”, “bony fishes”, “lobe-finned fishes”, “amphibians”, “reptiles”, and “mammals”.

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