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Tamika's 52-Year-Old Father Died as a Result of a Condition

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Tamika's 52-year-old father died as a result of a condition that is the leading cause of death in the United States.Based on this information,Tamika's father died from ________.


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Homozygous Dominant

A genetic condition where an individual has two dominant alleles of a particular gene, resulting in the expression of the dominant trait.

Homozygous Recessive

A genetic condition where an individual has two copies of a recessive allele for a particular trait.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that involves random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population across generations.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of all copies of a gene in a particular population that are of a given allele type.

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