BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 40, Problem 12SA
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Cohort provides a way to investigate the traits related to life history. Traits related to production are the age at which reproduction starts, the frequency of reproduction, and the number of offsprings produced by each reproductive event.
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