The term that refers to the totality of recessive lethal alleles in a population is:

A. mutation index
B. gene pool
C. genetic load
D. lethal load


C. genetic load

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In order to tolerate practices such as racism, child abuse, spouse abuse, homicide, torture, human sacrifice, and the mass murder (genocide) of Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals by the Nazis, one would have to abide strictly by the principle of:

a. lost causes b. misplaced perceptions c. ethical relativism d. moral turpitude

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The theoretical perspective focused on the relationship between mind and society is called:

A) symbolic anthropology. B) interpretive anthropology. C) culture and personality. D) ethnoscience. E) cognitive anthropology.

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Endless discussion persists about the political insights, if any, afforded by Ionesco's play Rhinoceros. To what are the audiences most likely responding?

a. story b. character c. idea d. music e. spectacle

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The learned values, beliefs, and rules of conduct shared to some extent by the members of a society that govern their behavior with one another is __________

a. nationality b. culture c. ethics d. citizenship

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