Refers to the Idea That More Adaptive Variants of an Organism

question 12

Multiple Choice

refers to the idea that more adaptive variants of an organism replace less adaptive variants of an organism over time.

• A)Effective polygyny
• B)Xenophobia
• C)Functionality
• D)Natural selection

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Definitions:

Priority in Time

A legal principle that grants precedence to rights or claims established earlier in time over those established later.

Securitization

The process of converting assets, usually illiquid ones, into marketable securities, thereby enhancing liquidity and often reducing risk.

Mortgages

A legal agreement by which a bank or creditor lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.

Bonds

Financial instruments representing a loan made by an investor to a borrower, typically corporate or governmental, which includes terms for variable or fixed interest payments and the return of the original investment at maturity.