The Sickle Cell/malaria Relationship Demonstrates the Concept in Medical Genetics

question 69

Multiple Choice

The sickle cell/malaria relationship demonstrates the concept in medical genetics that "disease" genes:

• A) are always codominant.
• B) are never dominant.
• C) often provide some biological advantage for a human population in certain circumstances.
• D) never provide a biological advantage for human populations.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The monetary cost of manufacturing one more unit of a good or service.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production divided by the number of goods produced, representing the cost per unit of output.

Product Variety

The range of different products or services offered by a company or available in a market, catering to diverse customer tastes and needs.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; in particular, every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a marginal benefit to society equal to the marginal cost of producing it.