Mandy Is Studying Differences in Promiscuity Between Men and Women

question 61

Multiple Choice

Mandy is studying differences in promiscuity between men and women.She is critiquing the notion that men are genetically wired to want more sexual partners than women,based on anthropological research that shows a wide variety of sexual practices in different human societies,both contemporarily and historically.Mandy is studying what sociobiologists have called:

• A) reproductive strategies
• B) human nature
• C) human antinomies
• D) social contract theory

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Definitions:

Prokaryotes

Single-celled organisms without a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles, including bacteria and archaea.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that involves random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.

McDonald-Kreitman Test

A method used in molecular evolution to compare the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous substitutions in a gene between species, assessing natural selection.