Mohamed Alburaki, Jillian Lopez, and colleagues studied genetic diversity in US honey bee populations by identifying specimens’ maternal evolutionary lineages and haplotypes (inherited DNA variants). They determined that although C1 and C2j haplotypes occur most frequently in the population overall, another haplotype, A1v, is ______ in certain Southern states, including Florida.

Some pieces of music might have many meanings—the compositions of Luna Alcalay might be explained in as many ways as there are people to listen to them—and so as long as a listener’s reasoning isn’t willfully absurd or the result of inattention, it is difficult to justify the claim that the listener has ______ the piece.

Hawai‘i has a rich literary history that originated with the traditional stories of the Kānaka Maoli, or the Native Hawaiian people. David Malo, Lisa Linn Kanae, and other writers have built on this tradition and brought Hawaiian literature to international prominence, ______ the manifold experiences of the Hawaiian people for readers around the world.

The potato was domesticated in South America. Its physical structure is no longer identical to the structure of the wild plant it is descended from. Summer squash also ______ its wild ancestor. That ancestor plant had a hard rind and bitter flesh. Indigenous people in eastern North America carefully bred the crop until it had a soft rind and mild-tasting flesh.

The following text is from Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows. The Rat is looking for the Mole, his friend, in the woods.

[The Rat] had patiently hunted through the wood for an hour or more, when at last to his joy he heard a little answering cry. Guiding himself by the sound, he made his way through the gathering darkness to the foot of an old beech tree.