Bill and James Have Been Friends Since Grade School

question 36

Multiple Choice

Bill and James have been friends since grade school. Bill has since gone into accounting while James runs his own service station and auto repair shop. Before Bill decided which new car to buy, he asked James what he thought about the model he was considering. For cars, James was Bill's:

• A) co-consumer.
• B) head of the group.
• C) opinion leader.
• D) consumer advocate.

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Definitions:

Alloploid

An organism having two or more sets of chromosomes that are derived from two different species.

Chromosomes

Proteinous, string-like entities situated in the cell nucleus of animals and plants, containing a single DNA molecule.

Phylogenetic Species

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Biological Species Concept

A definition of species that refers to groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.