Unusually High Rates of Rare Heritable Traits,such as Achromatopsia in the Pingelapese

question 18

Multiple Choice

Unusually high rates of rare heritable traits,such as achromatopsia in the Pingelapese people,is often due to ________.

• A) genetic drift
• B) natural selection
• C) hitchhiking
• D) the founder effect
• E) None of the above.

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