MATCHING Match the Associated Terms

question 19

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match the associated terms.
-Sickle Cell

• A)Used to estimate carrier frequency
• B)Lung health problems
• C)Percentage of heterozygotes
• D)Often provides resistance to some infectious disease
• E)Triplet repeats
• F)Transmitted by mosquitoes
• G)Red blood cells are altered
• H)Artificial selection
• I)Disclosure of evidence

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Definitions:

Preventive Measures

Actions taken to reduce the potential of future harm or adverse effects.

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population, often measured in terms of birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration.

Positive Checks

In Malthusian theory, natural or societal forces such as famine, disease, and war that serve to increase the death rate.

Infanticide

The act of deliberately causing the death of an infant, often associated with cultural, social, or psychological factors.