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Consider the platypus : evolution through biology's most baffling beasts / Maggie Ryan Sandford ; illustrations by Rodica Prato

by Maggie Ryan Sandford, Rodica Prato

This work examines evolutionary biology and genetics through the history and features of over 50 animal species. It explores how organisms adapt to their environments and how scientific understanding has evolved from Darwinian theory to modern genetic sequencing.

Accession 31406 ISBN 9780316418393 Publisher —
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