In Africa, Children Who Inherit a Single Sickle Cell Allele

question 111

Multiple Choice

In Africa, children who inherit a single sickle cell allele are more resistant to malarial infection and more likely to survive. This demonstrates ______.

• A) that nature is more influential than nurture
• B) the epigenetic framework
• C) that mutations can sometimes be beneficial
• D) the purpose of behavioral genetics

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