A Social Scientist Would Be Likely to Study The

question 101

Multiple Choice

A social scientist would be likely to study the:

• A) composition of a meteorite discovered in a remote area of Siberia.
• B) reasons for the decreasing divorce rate in the U.S.
• C) newest procedure in heart transplant surgery.
• D) possibility of life on Mars.

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Definitions:

Alleles

Different forms of the same gene, found at the same locus on a chromosome, which vary in their nucleotide sequence and can influence the trait they control in different ways.

Beneficial Allele

A beneficial allele is a variant form of a gene that gives an organism a higher probability of survival or reproduction in a specific environment.

Allele Frequency

The relative frequency of an allele (variant of a gene) at a particular locus in a population, expressed as a fraction or percentage.

Charles II

A historical monarch, notably the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland during the Restoration period after the English Civil War.