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Individuals with One Sickle Cell Allele and One Normal Hemoglobin

Question 52

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Individuals with one sickle cell allele and one normal hemoglobin allele are not affected by the malaria parasite because of ____.

A) neutral mutations
B) heterozygote advantage
C) frequency-dependent selection
D) disruptive selection
E) stabilizing selection

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