Individuals with One Sickle Cell Allele and One Normal Hemoglobin

question 52

Multiple Choice

Individuals with one sickle cell allele and one normal hemoglobin allele are not affected by the malaria parasite because of ____.

• A) neutral mutations
• B) heterozygote advantage
• C) frequency-dependent selection
• D) disruptive selection
• E) stabilizing selection

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