Extremely productive, Whittaker was a leading proponent and developer of gradient analysis<span> to address questions in plant </span>community ecology<span>. He provided strong </span>empirical evidence<span> against some ideas of vegetation development advocated by </span>Frederic Clements<span>. Whittaker was most active in the areas of plant </span>community<span> analysis, </span>succession<span>, and </span>productivity. "During his lifetime Whittaker was a major innovator of methodologies of community analysis and a leader in marshaling field data to document patterns in the composition, productivity and diversity of land plant communities."[1]<span> Thus Whittaker was innovative in both empirical data sampling techniques as well as synthesizing more holistic theories.</span>
<span>Fossil record, genetics, and examples of local adaptations all support the theory of evolution by natural selection.</span>
The oldest meteorite<span> fragments found on </span>Earth<span> are about 4.54 billion years old; this, coupled primarily with the dating of ancient </span>lead<span> deposits, has put the estimated age of Earth at around that time.</span>[38]<span> The </span>Moon<span> has the same composition as Earth's </span>crust<span> but does not contain an </span>iron<span>-rich </span>core<span> like the Earth's.</span>
Answer: a. Nutritional genomics
Explanation: Nutritional genomics is a branch of nutrition that studies the interrelationship between nutrition, human genome and health. It is aimed at preventing, treating and managing various diseases through nutritional therapies that are formulated to suit an individuals' genetic make up.
