Which of the following statements is correct relative to solar cheilosis (SC)?
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The correct answer is "all of the above".

Explanation:

The missing options of this question are:

A. The major etiologic factor associated with SC is ultraviolet radiation, principally UV-B.

B. Factors predisposing to SC include skin phenotype, age, male sex, outdoor occupation, rural living, and host immune status.

C. AK and SC serve as clinical dose-meters for chronic UVR exposure.

D. All of the above.

The correct answer is option D. "All of the above".

Solar cheilosis (SC) is a type of precancer of the lower lip, induced by ultraviolet light exposure, particularly by the exposure of UV-B from sunlight. However, UV-B exposure is not the only cause of SC, there are different factor that predispose to the development of this disease, including skin phenotype, age, male sex, outdoor occupation, rural living, and host immune status. Particularly because people with an outdoor occupation is  more expose to sunlight and people with an detrimental immunological condition cannot fight SC as easy as a healthy person. According to the scientific article "Epidemiology of actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma" by Salasche SJ., Actinic keratosis (AK) and SC serve as clinical dose-meters for chronic UVR exposure

the two answers are a, the population of birds with large beaks will increase on the island, and c, the trait for large beaks will be passed on to future generations through natural selection. the reason for that is because if the birds that have beaks developed for eating small seeds lose all of their food, they will go hungry and eventually starve because they physically cannot eat the large seeds, therefore making the population of large beaked birds higher. also, if the trait of large beaks are dominant on the island over small beaks, then over time the large beaked birds will reproduce more and more, while the smaller beaked birds will reproduce less and less because they can't survive with the food provided. that leads to the trait of small beaks disappearing and the trait of large beaks taking over the island.