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Chapter 32.3, Problem 1LO
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To determine: The characters that distinguish the major animal phyla.
Introduction: The term classification refers to the categorization of living organisms on the basis of certain characteristics features which are either similar or different in the organisms. Animals sharing similar features are placed within the same taxonomic category and those which exhibit dissimilarity are placed separately.
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1 SEM CARDLESS ACC W/RAVEN TEXT
Ch. 32.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.5 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 32.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 32.6 - Prob. 1LOCh. 32.6 - Prob. 2LOCh. 32 - Prob. 1IQCh. 32 - Prob. 1UCh. 32 - Animals are unique in the fact that they possess...Ch. 32 - In animal sexual reproduction the gametes are...Ch. 32 - The evolution of bilateral symmetry was a...Ch. 32 - A fluid-filled cavity that develops completely...Ch. 32 - Which of the following statements is NOT true...Ch. 32 - Which of the following characteristics is used to...Ch. 32 - With regard to classification of animals, the...Ch. 32 - The coelom a. is a synapomorphy for the clade...Ch. 32 - A coelomate organism may have which of the...Ch. 32 - Which of the following cell types of a sponge...Ch. 32 - Prob. 12UCh. 32 - Prob. 13UCh. 32 - The following diagram is of the blastopore sage of...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2ACh. 32 - Prob. 3ACh. 32 - Which of the following cell layers is not...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2S
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