Inbreeding Results in a Higher Frequency of ________ in a Population

question 38

Multiple Choice

Inbreeding results in a higher frequency of ________ in a population. Inbreeding depression occurs because _______.

• A) deleterious alleles; individuals with deleterious alleles have high mortality
• B) heterozygosity; heterozygotes have lower fitness
• C) homozygosity; deleterious recessive alleles are expressed more often
• D) heterozygosity; deleterious dominant alleles are expressed more often

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