Carriers of cystic fibrosis have some protection against intestinal infections such as cholera.However,people with two copies of the cystic fibrosis allele develop a life-threatening disease.The mutant allele is very common in people of northern European descent because of:
A) Disruptive selection
B) Directional selection
C) Artificial selection
D) Sexual selection
E) Stabilizing selection
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