Natural Selection Can Alter Gene Frequencies in a Population Because

question 13

Multiple Choice

Natural selection can alter gene frequencies in a population because

• A) carriers of inherited disease rarely survive to reproduce.
• B) it maintains alleles that improve survival to sexual maturity.
• C) it compensates for defects caused by deleterious alleles.
• D) individuals with deleterious alleles selectively interbreed.
• E) alleles are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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