Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 27

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
-(Figure: Expected Inflation and the Short-Run Phillips Curve) SRPC₀ is the Phillips curve with an expected inflation rate of zero; SRPC₂ is the Phillips curve with an expected inflation rate of 2%. Refer to Figure: Expected Inflation and the Short-Run Phillips Curve. Suppose that this economy has an unemployment rate of 6%, no inflation, and no expectation of inflation. If the central bank decreases the money supply such that aggregate demand shifts to the left and unemployment rises to 8%, then inflation will:

• A) fall to -2%.
• B) not change.
• C) rise to 2%.
• D) rise to 4%.

Explain the concepts of genetic drift and its implications for population genetics.

Assess the impact of genome size variations and the factors contributing to it across different organisms.

Understand the concept of gene duplication and its role in evolutionary divergence.

Identify and explain the mechanisms of lateral gene transfer and biased gene conversion.

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