Inquiry into Life
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ISBN: 9781259426162
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27.5, Problem 2CYP
Explain the following: you find evidence of an adaptive radiation in the fossil record, followed by a long period of little change. Which model of evolution would this support?
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Inquiry into Life
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