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Hungry!

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on: Jun 19, 2013
The frequency of heterozygosity for the sickle-cell anemia allele is unusually high, presumably because this reduces the frequency of malaria. Such a relationship is related to which of the following?
A) Mendel's law of independent assortment
B) Mendel's law of segregation
C) Darwin's explanation of natural selection
D) Darwin's observations of competition
E) the malarial parasite changing the allele


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2013
Hi there,

The answer should be C.

Good luck! :D


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Reply #2 on: Aug 13, 2013
Thanks so much, you were right on.


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