Multiple Choice
Natural selection can alter gene frequencies in a population because
A) carriers of inherited disease rarely survive to reproduce.
B) it maintains alleles that improve survival to sexual maturity.
C) it compensates for defects caused by deleterious alleles.
D) individuals with deleterious alleles selectively interbreed.
E) alleles are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
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