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mspears3

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A person with pneumonia presents with a cough and darkening skin. The cough is a __________, or an adaptation designed to eject infectious material from the lungs.
 
  a. defense
  b. defect
  c. pathogen
  d. pleiotropic gene effect

Question 2

The Darwinian approach to understanding disease is referred to as __________.
 
  a. evolutionary medicine
  b. auxism
  c. the biocultural approach
  d. epidemiology


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer a

Answer to Question 2

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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