The sickle cell gene,a genetic lethal,is found in high frequency in some areas because
A) the mutation has occurred only among those people.
B) the people in those areas are immune to sickle cell anemia.
C) the gene can confer a resistance to malaria.
D) modern medicine has perfected a cure.
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Q13: The abnormal allele for sickle cell is
A)dominant.
B)recessive.
C)codominant.
D)neutral.
Q14: Members of the same species
A)all look the
Q15: When new sets of allele frequencies result
Q16: The mutation that leads to sickle cell
Q17: In terms of evolutionary success,sickle cell anemia
Q18: Gene flow occurs when
A)a population splits in
Q19: The true measure of adaptive success in
Q20: When the gene pools of two populations
Q21: Even though sickle cell confers no advantage
Q22: The frequency of the sickle cell allele
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