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    In Nature, Genes with the Potential to Produce Serious Defects
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In Nature, Genes with the Potential to Produce Serious Defects

Question 16

Question 16

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In nature, genes with the potential to produce serious defects are acted against and kept at a low frequency by:


A) neutral variations.
B) stabilizing selection.
C) disruptive selection.
D) frequency dependent selection.
E) natural selection.

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