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    Pundamilia nyererei and Pundamilia pundamilia prefer to mate with fish that look like themselves (i.e. their own species). However, when the two species encounter each other in murky water that blocks visual perception they interbreed to produce hybrids (see image above). This is an example of the __________ process.

What favorite food did you enjoy this week? *This question is to help center you on a positive feeling for best outcome on this Celebration of Knowledge 🙂

Which of the following are characteristics shared by both fungi and animals? *Please select all that apply.

Suppose that a gene for coat color in mice has two alleles, B and b, where B is completely dominant and encodes a black coat color, and b is recessive and encodes a brown coat color. A mouse that is heterozygous has genotype [response1], and its phenotype is [response2].

Please indicate the closest precursor taxon for the following kingdoms: Plant [response1] Animal [response2] Fungi [response3]

In the plant life cycle, the [response1] zygote undergoes [response2] resulting in a [response3] sporophyte. This sporophyte undergoes [response4] resulting in [response5] spores. These spores undergo [response6] resulting in [response7] gametophytes. These gametophytes undergo [response8] resulting in [response9] gametes. These gametes fuse resulting in [response10] zygotes. And the cycle continues 🙂

For each of the following clades, please indicate if they are diploblastic, triploblastic, or neither diploblastic nor triploblastic.

[response1] describes the evolution of organisms in populations. [response2] describes the evolution of species over long periods of time.

The purpose of the wage base used for the Social Security tax is _________.

Brooklyn is a part-time employee who earned $280.00 during the most recent pay period. Brooklyn is married filing jointly with two dependents under 17 years of age per the 2023 Form W-4. Prior to this pay period, Brooklyn’s year-to-date pay is $5,600.00 and has no pre-tax deductions. How much should be withheld from Brooklyn’s gross pay for Social Security tax?