Plant species a has a diploid number of 12. Plant species b has a diploid number of 16. A new species, c, arises as an allopolyploid from the hybridization of a and b.

Indicate whether the following statements about the biases in the fossil record are true or false. a) inland species are more likely to be preserved than marine species b) organisms with hard body parts are more likely to be preserved than are those composed soft tissues. c) species that existed over a larger area are more likely to be preserved than species existing over a smaller area. d) organisms that lived very long ago are more likely to be found as fossils than organisms that lived relatively recently e) the fossils of larger organisms are more likely to be found than the fossils of smaller organisms

Coral reefs support more species per unit area than any other marine environment on earth. what is one way coral reefs are important to the health of the biosphere

Which type of respiration takes place when there is no oxygen present