What is adaptation, and what is its role in natural selection?

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Adaptation is a series of beneficial adjustments to the environment that can change the organism over time.

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Define the formal/informal sector dichotomy and provide an example of work in each sector

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One hypothesis that proposes to explain senescence notes that cells that divide throughout the life course have shortened DNA sequences at the end of the chromosomes. This is referred to as the ______ hypothesis

a. hadromere b. carsonomere c. telomere d. intron e. grandmother

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The demand by “developed” countries for such items as coffee, tea, chocolate, bananas, and beef has led to:

a. pushing subsistence farmers off their land to make way for huge farms and ranches that specialize in cash crops. b. an increase in food supplies in “underdeveloped” nations. c. a return of urban workers to the land where work is now available for them. d. a decrease in the use of pesticides, herbicides, and artificial fertilizers. e. a narrowing of the economic gap between rich and poor in world society today.

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Describe the goals of U.S. English, Inc

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