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Garrulous

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on: Jul 9, 2013
The recessive allele that causes phenylketonuria (PKU) is harmful, except when an infant's diet lacks the amino acid phenylalanine. What maintains the presence of this harmful allele in a population's gene pool?
A) heterozygote advantage
B) stabilizing selection
C) diploidy
D) balancing selection


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

C is the answer.


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