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rlane42

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Which of the following statements about marriage prohibitions in the United States is correct?
 
  a. Consanguineous unions (fist-cousin marriage) show an increase of more than 8 percent in predicted birth defects of offspring.
  b. Cousin prohibitions in marriage were enacted by law in the United States long before genetic research began.
  c. Inbreeding was considered a sign of family viability and success in the United States in the early 1900s.
 d. There is a lower risk of birth defects in offspring from women who are older than 50 years than in first-cousin marriages.

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Who coined the term biology?
 
  a. Charles Lyell
  b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
  c. Georges Cuvier
  d. Charles Darwin
  e. Thomas Malthus


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leannegxo

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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


rlane42

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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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