In the Section "Investigating Life: Does Natural Selection Maintain Cystic

question 24

Multiple Choice

In the section "Investigating Life: Does Natural Selection Maintain Cystic Fibrosis?",what did the scientists conclude from the data represented in the figure?

• A)The fewer copies of a defective CFTR gene an organism has,the more resistant it is to cholera toxin.
• B)The number of defective CFTR genes was unrelated to cholera resistance.
• C)The more cholera toxin an organism was exposed to,the more copies of its CFTR gene that became defective.
• D)The more cholera toxin an organism was exposed to,the fewer copies of its CFTR gene that became defective.
• E)The more copies of a defective CFTR gene an organism has,the more resistant it is to cholera toxin.

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