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question 56

Multiple Choice

Please use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
In the year 2500, five male space colonists and five female space colonists (all unrelated to each other) settle on an uninhabited Earthlike planet in the Andromeda galaxy. The colonists and their offspring randomly mate for generations. All 10 of the original colonists had free earlobes, and 2 were heterozygous for that trait. The allele for free earlobes is dominant to the allele for attached earlobes.
-Mountains also have an unmatched power to drive human evolution. Starting tens of thousands of years ago, people moved to high altitudes, and there they experienced natural selection that has reworked their biology. In Tibet, for example, people have broader arteries and capillaries. In the Andes, they can dissolve more oxygen into their blood. These different traits of people who live in high altitudes illustrate

• A) stabilizing evolution.
• B) sexual selection.
• C) adaptive evolution.
• D) directional selection.

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Definitions:

Acute Respiratory Distress

A severe lung condition causing significantly impaired oxygenation.

Monitoring Systems

Technologies and devices used to continuously or periodically observe, measure, and record physiological parameters or environmental conditions.

Agitated

A state of increased restlessness or activity, often accompanied by heightened emotional arousal.

Earplugs

Small devices inserted into the ear canal to protect the ears from loud noises, water, or foreign bodies.