Hypoxia Has Been Shown to Be an Agent of Natural

question 40

Multiple Choice

Hypoxia has been shown to be an agent of natural selection in that Tibetan women

• A) at high altitudes have fewer surviving children.
• B) with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin have more surviving children.
• C) with alleles for high oxygen saturation in their hemoglobin have fewer surviving children.
• D) have poor nutrition.

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