The correct answer is class.
Taxonomic category (rank) is the level of a group of organisms in a taxonomic hierarchy. The major ranks are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Higher rank has more general characteristics of organisms. The lowest rank-species contains most specific descriptions of life forms in it.
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Which two details from the short story excerpt BEST support the correct answer above? A) "As if that could have anything to do with --with--My, wouldn't they laugh?" (section 1) "But you know juries when it comes to women. If B) there was some definite thing--something to show." (section 2) "No, Mrs. Peters doesn't need supervising. For that matter, a sheriff's wife is married to the law." (section 3) D) Then Martha Hale's eyes pointed the way to the basket in which was hidden the thing that would make certain the conviction of the other woman-- (section 4) Martha Hale snatched the box from the sheriff's wife, and got it in the pocket of her big coat just as the sheriff and the county attorney came back into the kitchen (section 5) E)
Changes within a gene pool occurring from generation to generation is called microevolution. Allele frequencies in a population may change due to gene flow, genetic drift, natural selection and mutation. These are referred to as the four fundamental forces of evolution.
C.