What Are the Two Suborders of Primates

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Multiple Choice

What are the two suborders of primates?

• A)platyrrhine and catarrhine
• B)strepsirhini and haplorhini
• C)pongidae and hominidae
• D)tarsiers and anthropoids

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Definitions:

Sexual Lineages

The genetic line of descent traced through mating and reproduction, typically examined through the analysis of patterns in genetic variation.

Asexual Lineages

Populations or species that reproduce without the genetic recombination processes involved in sexual reproduction.

Antagonistic Coevolution

The evolutionary relationship between two species, in which changes in the genetic composition of one species drive reciprocal changes in the genetic composition of the other.

Water Striders

Aquatic insects that are able to walk on the surface of water by distributing their weight over their long legs.