Plasticity Results in the Immature Brain Being

question 105

Multiple Choice

Plasticity results in the immature brain being

• A) vulnerable to danger and highly non-adaptable.
• B) invulnerable to danger and highly non-adaptable.
• C) vulnerable to danger and highly adaptable.
• D) invulnerable to danger and highly adaptable.

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Definitions:

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of different genetic variants of a gene in a population, denoting the genetic diversity at that specific locus.

Mutation-Selection Balance

An evolutionary principle describing the equilibrium achieved when the rate of new mutations equals the rate of removal of disadvantageous alleles by natural selection.

Deleterious Allele

A genetic variant that tends to have a negative effect on the fitness or survival of an organism.

Fixed Genetic Locus

A specific location on a chromosome where the genetic variation has become identical across all members of a population due to evolutionary processes.