You Are a Molecular Evolutionist and Have Found Five Successive

question 152

Multiple Choice

You are a molecular evolutionist and have found five successive ancestors of today's Arctic lemming (a type of rodent) frozen in the Arctic permafrost.You sequence the genomes of these ancestral lemmings and the modern lemming.For most genes, if you graph the number of actual substitutions on the x axis and the number of observed substitutions on the y axis, the slope of this graph will most likely

• A) be more or less constant and approximately 0.
• B) be more or less constant and approximately 1/2.
• C) be more or less constant and approximately 1.
• D) start off around 0 and increase with increasing divergence.
• E) start off around 1 and decrease with increasing divergence.

Understand the financial management of benefit plans including cost control mechanisms.

Analyze the importance and methods of benefit audits for organizational efficiency.

Understand the emerging trends in employee benefits and services.

Recognize the role of government in providing health and pension benefits.

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