Ashkenazi Jews:

A. are the only population to carry the allele for Tay-Sachs disease
B. have a high carrier rate for Tay-Sachs disease
C. have the lowest carrier rate for Tay-Sachs disease
D. may have a high carrier rate for Tay-Sachs disease but also possess a regulator gene that prevents the disease from expressing itself


B. have a high carrier rate for Tay-Sachs disease

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Phaedra (1677) is the quintessential neoclassical tragedy that embraces all of the elements of neoclassicism including a five-act structure written in Alexandrine verse. Phaedra was written by:

a. Corneille b. Racine c. Moliere d. Hardy e. Marlowe

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The Ju/'hoansi San were protected from exploitation and assimilation by the South African government

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The evidence for the controlled use of fire:

A. goes back about 1 million years B. occurred very early in hominin history, perhaps with the australopithecines C. is associated closely with the manufacture of the first stone tools D. seems to be one of the latest hominin primary cultural developments dating only to about 25,000 years ago

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