The Term for the Relationship Between an Allele That Itself

question 62

Multiple Choice

The term for the relationship between an allele that itself is harmful but can be kept in a population's gene pool because the hazard it entails is offset by protection it provides an organism from another problem is:

• A) the sickled-malarial link.
• B) balanced polymorphism.
• C) hemoglobular polymorphism.
• D) balanced polygenics.
• E) balanced heterogenetics.

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Definitions:

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