Wheat, Rice, and Maize Are Lacking in One Essential Amino

question 77

Multiple Choice

Wheat, rice, and maize are lacking in one essential amino acid. The ancient people who domesticated these crops:

• A) have been shown through paleopathological research to have been malnourished
• B) also domesticated foods that made up for the lack in lysine
• C) enhanced their amino acid intake by including minerals in their diets
• D) wheat, rice, and maize are not lacking in any amino acid

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Definitions:

Exponentially Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution used to model the time between events in a Poisson process, characterized by a constant mean rate.

Random Variable

A variable whose outcomes depend on the results of a random phenomenon, with each outcome having a probability associated with it.

Density Function

A mathematical function that describes the probability distribution of a continuous random variable, giving the likelihood of any value within a range.

Exponential Distribution

A type of continuous probability distribution that is often used to model the time between independent events that happen at a constant rate.