How do animals show clinal variation?

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Clinal variation results from gene flow between nearby populations when each population is adapting
to slightly different conditions. The sparrows mentioned in the text developed changes in leg length
and body size based on different environmental conditions.

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Which type of plant has a network of cell that conduct water and solutes throughout the plant’s body?

a. nonvascular plants b. vascular plants c. gymnosperms d. angiosperms

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Ribosomes exist either free in the cytoplasm or attached to the membranes of

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What is the significance of the homeodomain?

What will be an ideal response?

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