KROK 1 2016 – Question 44 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Representatives of a certain human population can be characterized by elongated body, height variability, decreased volume of muscle mass, increased length of limbs, decreased size and volume of rib cage, increased perspiration, decreased indices of base metabolism and fat synthesis. What type of adaptive evolution is it?
- A. Tropical
- B. Moderate
- C. Mountain
- D. Arctic
- E. Intermediate
Hint
Match the body proportions, sweating and metabolic rate in the stem to the thermal and environmental demands of different living conditions.
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