Why did the british seek to control louisiana, specifically new orleans? select the two correct answers. a) the mississippi river provided a way to irrigate the land. b) new orleans was founded by the british. c) the mississippi river gave access to a large portion of north america. d) new orleans' financial district was superior to others in north america. e) new orleans was an important port.

Some organisms have a large geographic range. for example, the norway rat lives on every continent except antarctica. a population of norway rats is the number of rats in one particular area. do you think it’s scientifically possible for a population of norway rats in north america to carry different genetic mutations than a population of norway rats in africa? do you think it’s possible that they carry some of the same mutations? what types of information can scientists learn by studying the genomes of these two populations of rats?