The Advantage of Outbreeding Over Inbreeding, and Why Inbreeding Is

question 51

Multiple Choice

The advantage of outbreeding over inbreeding, and why inbreeding is avoided in humans and other primates, is that

• A) it reduces the risk of the expression of deleterious alleles.
• B) it reduces the risk of heterozygosity.
• C) it increases the likelihood of the expression of deleterious alleles.
• D) it increases the likelihood of homozygosity.

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