|Question 21Verbal

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In a 1993 study by Vales and Peek, the researchers used microhistological fecal analysis to determine the ratio of three plant subtypes (graminoids, forbs, and browse) within the diets of North American ungulates. The researchers did not perform this analysis on all such ungulates, ______ they focused exclusively on elk in Wyoming.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
for instance;
A
regardless;
B
however;
C
in other words;
D