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... environment - heredity or nature - nurture controversy now seems to be a pseudoissue , since the processes whereby heredity and environment influ- ence living systems are becoming clear . Biological templates the DNA in genes can be ...
... environment - heredity or nature - nurture controversy now seems to be a pseudoissue , since the processes whereby heredity and environment influ- ence living systems are becoming clear . Biological templates the DNA in genes can be ...
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... environment becomes more and more nearly saturated with wastes . While some discarded matter - energy - like ... environment outside the system's territory results in deterioration of the quality of all the earth and its atmosphere ( see ...
... environment becomes more and more nearly saturated with wastes . While some discarded matter - energy - like ... environment outside the system's territory results in deterioration of the quality of all the earth and its atmosphere ( see ...
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... environments . The number and distribution of organisms are appropriate to the amount of matter- energy available for input and to the capacity of the environment to recycle waste . Balanced life aquaria and terraria provide small ...
... environments . The number and distribution of organisms are appropriate to the amount of matter- energy available for input and to the capacity of the environment to recycle waste . Balanced life aquaria and terraria provide small ...
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