Why Does Malaria Persist in the Human Population

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why does malaria persist in the human population?

• A) Too few humans have died of malaria to end the disease.
• B) Multiple phenotypes survive in a balanced polymorphism.
• C) Malaria is a recessive disease and few humans contract it.
• D) Humans are protected from the malaria parasite.
• E) Malaria is under stabilizing selection. In an environment where malaria is present, the heterozygote is favored.

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