Assume DNA from Samples of a Virus in 2018 Diverged

question 126

Multiple Choice

Assume DNA from samples of a virus in 2018 diverged, on average, 9 percent from a virus found in a person from 1988.If the total amount of divergence among contemporary samples were 27 percent, then the virus most likely would have entered the human population in the year _______, assuming a molecular clock.

• A) 1895
• B) 1928
• C) 1943
• D) 1958
• E) 1988

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Definitions:

Demand-Pull Inflation

Inflation that occurs when aggregate demand in an economy outpaces aggregate supply, leading to an increase in prices.

OPEC

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Cost-Push Inflation

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Underemployment

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