If a Recessive Allele Causes a Fatal Disease That Kills

question 57

Multiple Choice

If a recessive allele causes a fatal disease that kills the affected individual before he or she can reproduce, why doesn't that allele quickly become extinct in the population?

• A)Alleles are never lost from a population.
• B)The homozygous dominant individuals protect the recessive allele in their genomes.
• C)The recessive allele is carried in the genome of heterozygotes, who do not suffer from the disease.
• D)The homozygous recessive individuals give their alleles to other individuals before they die from the disease.