A biologist constructs a life table of a population of Thompson gazelles, but only studies the population for a brief period of time. Such a life table would have to be a(n) _______ life table.
A) cohort
B) horizontal
C) vertical
D) maturational
E) iteroparous

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A vertical life table is constructed by studying a population at a single point in time, rather than following a cohort throughout their lives.

A Biologist Constructs a Life Table of a Population of Thompson