Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 27.6, Problem 1MC
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The location of taste genes present in the whales. Also determine the non-functional genes.
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Whales are the largest living mammals on the earth. They are the huge aquatic animals with the optimum life span of about
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