Which evolutionary process involves the slow addition of allelic variation that increases the hereditary diversity of populations, ultimately leading to evolutionary change?

A) natural selection
B) migration
C) mutation
D) random genetic drift
E) population genetics


C

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Which of the following is NOT considered to be a true pathogen?

a. Human Immunodeficiency virus b. Candida albicans c. Plasmodium protozoan d. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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A person with an unapparent infection who shoes no symptoms of being infected yet is able to pass the disease on to others is called a(n) _____carrier

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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If there are more women in the postreproductive years than in the reproductive years, and more women in the reproductive years than in the prereproductive years, what does the age structure diagram look like?

A. a pyramid B. a rectangle C. a cube D. an inverted pyramid E. an oval

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