Racial Crossover Effect Describes the Tendency for Caucasians to Live

question 49

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Racial crossover effect describes the tendency for Caucasians to live longer than African Americans.

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Definitions:

Stabilizing Selection

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population and works against extreme phenotypes.

Positive Selection

The evolutionary process in which genetic variations that are advantageous for reproduction and survival become more common in subsequent generations.

Frequency

The rate at which a particular characteristic or phenomenon occurs within a given population or area.

Fitness

In evolutionary terms, the ability of an organism to pass its genes to the next generation, often measured by the organism's reproductive success.