Although Charles Darwin's concept of natural selection was partially based on the observation of variability within a species, Darwin did not develop an acceptable mechanism to explain this variability. How did the work of Gregor Mendel help explain a mechanism of biological evolution?

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A single mother and her son, living together, would be an example of a(n) __________ family

A) independent B) extended C) nuclear D) solitary

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Lemurs and lorises are placed in the suborder Strepsirhini

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The Basseri and the Qashqai

A. were nomadic foraging groups in Iran. B. differ in authority structure, with the Qashqai featuring a more complex and hierarchical structure than the Basseri. C. differ in leadership because a Basseri "big man" (tonowi) could enforce his decisions, whereas the Qashqai village head could only lead by example. D. enjoyed a symbiotic relationship between the Basseri, who were nomadic pastoralists, and the Qashqai, who were horticulturalists. E. were two of the age sets in Melanesian society.

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