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    Species are groups of organisms that share characteristics or have some characteristics that are similar and can successfully interbreed. Species can also be broken down more to include subspecies. 2. Sympatric speciation is organisms that come from a single ancestor, within the same geographic region, but when habitats overlap and they could freely mate they do not (Principles of Biology). An example of sympatric speciation is now also considered to be an example of allopatric speciation because

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    has been growing, and supposedly has caused a larger gap in class division. Research shows that due to women’s increased involvement in education and the work force, the pay gap between opposite-sex couples has decreased immensely. The rise in assortative mating is also said to be one of the main causes of the increase in class division because individuals who are more similar in financial status, education level, career goals, and family expectations are marrying each other. Due to wealth marrying

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    The Ideology of love has many sociological concepts, despite it sounding unfamiliar. Everyone has a different perspective towards love, as to what it stands for and what it means. According to the Webster dictionary, love is defined as a “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties” (Webster). In class, we define love as a deep affection and concern for another, with whom one feels a strong emotional bond. It’s crucial to realize and question on how love is sociological,

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    Scholars are required to explain the ethical implications of cultural abuse of leaders and manager power. The culturally abusive power selected is nepotism. An explanation will be provided as to why nepotism could be considered as culturally abusive. Also, a discussion regarding possible ways diversity could redirect the influence of nepotism. Nepotism is the power leaders and managers utilize to influence companies or organizations to give preferential treatment to friends, and relatives;

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    The article from www.Sciencedaily.com. “ Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years” discusses how scientists have finally discovered how natural selection played a role on the human genome in the past 5,000 years and how it caused transformations in the appearances of people, in their skin, eye and hair pigmentation. This research had been on going for a long time and unfortunately; the methods the geneticists originally used did not produce good results

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    Literature review Interracial marriage is always one of the hottest focus in the immigration study (Alba and Nee 2003; Pagnini and Morgan 1990; Kalmijn and Tubergen 2010), there are many different explanation models using different levels of measurement exist for its analysis. First, many study conduct the relationship between interracial marriage among immigrants and different groups in host society and using the rate of immigrants’ intermarriage as an indicators to predict their level of assimilation

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    The brain is one of the most complex, unknown organs of the human body. Researchers often break down the characteristics of the brain to whether tendencies are achieved through nurtured environments or the inheritability of genetics. Intelligence is one of the most controversial topics when it comes to deciding whether environment or genetics are most influential. Many argue that intelligence is based on environmental factors and the unique ability to work hard, but fail to realize the essential

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    Rodriguez � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Alex Rodriguez ENC 1102 11/18/2009 Genetic Engineering Were "Factor X" absent from human beings, all would be deprived of the "essential quality underneath that is worthy of a certain minimal level of respect" (Fukuyama 149). "Factor X" is the key factor in human beings that justify our equality. Francis Fukuyama categorizes "accidental characteristics" by skin color, social class and wealth, gender, cultural background, and even one's natural talents as nonessential

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    Part 5: The Social & Cultural Domain Chapter 15: Personality & Social Interaction -Emphasis on personality as it is affected by and expressed through social institutions, social roles and expectations, and through relationships with other people in our lives. -Interpersonal traits have long-term outcomes in our lives. For ex. Whether a person is controlling or easy going can affect aspects from: the conflicts he gets into with his spouse and work partners to the strategies he

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    The aim of this essay is to analyse the impact of the fault lines arising from the domestic political stresses, especially in the United States, through various examples and to assess its role in the conditions that eventually led to a Financial Crisis in 2007 and 2008. “Growing income inequality in the United States stemming from unequal access to quality education led to political pressure for more housing credit. This pressure created a serious fault line that led to distorted lending in the

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