In the Relatively New Discipline of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, or Evo-Devo

question 107

Multiple Choice

In the relatively new discipline of evolutionary developmental biology, or evo-devo, scientists aim to:

• A)integrate comparative morphology and the fossil record to reconstruct evolutionary history.
• B)integrate physiology and anatomy to assess the evolution of function.
• C)integrate genetics, comparative morphology, and phylogeny to understand the genetic basis of evolutionary change.
• D)integrate developmental biology and ecology to understand the distribution of species populations among environments.

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