Campbell Biology in Focus; Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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Chapter 27.5, Problem 2CC
MAKE CONNECTIONS Compare and contrast how the colonization of land by plants and by vertebrates exemplifies descent with modification. (Review Concepts 19.2 and 26.1.)
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Campbell Biology in Focus; Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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