Which of the Following Results Would Provide Support for the Thrifty

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results would provide support for the thrifty genotype hypothesis?

• A) Alleles involved in the development of diabetes show signatures of positive selection in the past.
• B) Mice with diabetes reproduce less under conditions of persistent food stress.
• C) Genome sequencing of 60,000-year-old human fossils reveals that alleles linked with diabetes were at a lower frequency in the past.
• D) all of the above
• E) none of the above

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