C) A joint labor to disprove the theories of Stowers
D) A friendship based on a shared interest in whiptail lizards35 .The third paragraph (lines 12-17) most strongly suggests that evolution
A) can happen only over thousands of generations.
B) depends on the separation of individuals of one species.
C) customarily takes many years to occur.
D) isolates populations so they can’t interbreed.36 .Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 12-13 (“The evolution...affair”)
B) Lines 13-15 (“Typically...themselves”)
C) Lines 15-17 (“Over...interbreed”)
D) Lines 21-23 (“In recent...species”)37 .As used in line 53, “high time” most nearly means
A) a festival.
B) an hour late.
C) an opportune moment.
D) a lofty ideal.38 .According to the passage, parthenogenesis in whiptail lizards is characterized by each of
the following EXCEPT
A) female individuals that can duplicate chromosomes without males.
B) stem cells from the male Aspidoscelis inornata.
C) clones that are different from the parental species.
D) offspring with two sets of chromosomes.
39 .The passage suggests that whiptail lizards
A) have two identical sets of chromosomes.
B) were first discovered in the 1960s.
C) require a male and a female to breed.
D) create only female clones.40 .Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 32-33 (“The eggs...parthenogenesis”)
B) Lines 44-45 (“The female...species”)
C) Lines 61-62 (“In...chromosomes”)