Name and describe two types of polygamy

What will be an ideal response?


They are polygyny, when the man may marry more than one wife, and polyandry, when the woman may marry more than one husband.

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Two people (both heterozygotes) are able to taste a chemical substance called PTC. The ability to taste PTC is caused by a dominant allele (T). The inability to taste PTC is caused by a recessive allele (t). What proportion of their children would be expected not to be able to taste PTC?

a. 3/4 b. All c. 1/4 d. 2/3 e. none

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In 1996, the Oakland, California school board proposed that schools in the district should

A hire dialect coaches to reduce the features of African-American Vernacular English used by students. B ban the use of African-American Vernacular English in the classroom. C launch a series of studies to examine the ways African-American Vernacular English was used at school. D teach African-American Vernacular English to students who did not speak it. E use African-American Vernacular English in the classroom to support the development of Standard English.

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features that first appeared in the distant past and are shared by a large number of populations are called:

A. autapomorphic features B. shared (synapomorphic) derived features C. shared (symplesiomorphic) ancestral features D. archetypes

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In Melanesia, mana was a sacred force that could reside in people, animals, plants, and objects

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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