An Open-Market Purchase of Foreign Bonds to Increase a Central

question 37

Multiple Choice

An open-market purchase of foreign bonds to increase a central bank's international reserves:

• A) increases the central bank's liabilities and assets.
• B) decreases the central bank's assets and liabilities.
• C) increases the central bank's assets but decreases its liabilities.
• D) increases the central bank's liabilities and decreases its assets.

Describe the methods and importance of constructing phylogenetic trees.

Understand the concept of concerted evolution and its mechanisms.

Recognize the role of gene duplication in the acquisition of new gene functions.

Identify mechanisms that influence gene and genome evolution, like biased gene conversion and unequal crossing over.