Why Would a Harmful Allele Be Maintained in a Population

question 72

Multiple Choice

Why would a harmful allele be maintained in a population?

• A) Heterozygotes have increased fitness.
• B) Homozygotes survive and reproduce.
• C) It would be a dominant phenotype.
• D) There is a lack of reproductive partners who are unaffected.
• E) There is a lack of genetic diversity in the population.

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