At the Campus Learning Center, Char Helps a Student Writing

question 22

Essay

At the campus learning center, Char helps a student writing a paper find appropriate substitutes for the following words: "lady," "sexual preference," "nonwhite," "Chicano," "Orientals," "senior citizen," and "Jews." What words might Char suggest and why?

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Definitions:

Reproduce Rapidly

The ability of organisms to produce a high number of offspring in a short amount of time, often leading to quick population growth.

Horizontal Gene Transfer

The movement of genetic material between unicellular and/or multicellular organisms through mechanisms other than traditional reproduction.

Recombination

The process by which pieces of DNA are broken and recombined to produce new combinations of alleles.

Genetic Variation

The diversity in gene frequencies within a population, which is the basis for adaptation and evolution.