An Animal That Is Infected with a Parasitic Organism That

question 10

Multiple Choice

An animal that is infected with a parasitic organism that can also infect humans is called a(n) ________ host.

• A)reservoir
• B)endoparasitic
• C)transfer
• D)intermediate

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Definitions:

Genetic Drift

A random change in allele frequency in a small breeding population.

Genetic Bottleneck

A sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events or human activities, which leads to a decrease in genetic diversity.

Founder Effect

Genetic drift that results from a small population colonizing a new area.

Frequency-Dependent Selection

Frequency-Dependent Selection refers to an evolutionary process by which the fitness of a phenotype or genotype depends on its frequency relative to other phenotypes or genotypes in the population.