People's Inherited Tendencies Elicit Certain Environmental Responses

question 1

Multiple Choice

People's inherited tendencies elicit certain environmental responses. This is called:

• A)an evocative gene-environment association
• B)an experience-dependent process
• C)an experience-expectant process
• D)an active gene-environment association

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Definitions:

Homologous Trait

Features in different species that are similar because of common ancestry, indicating evolutionary relationships.

Cetaceans

A group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises, known for their intelligence and aquatic adaptations.

Molecular Clock

The molecular clock is a method used to estimate the time of evolutionary divergence between species by comparing genetic differences and assuming a constant rate of molecular change.

Mutations

Mutations are changes in the DNA sequence of an organism's genome, which can result in new phenotypes and contribute to genetic variation.