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Chapter 13: How Populations Evolve Flashcards

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Aristotle believed…

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life is fixed

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2
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describe Lamarkian Inheritance

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  • inheritance of acquired characteristics

- lineages don’t go extinct

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What helped shape the theory of evolution and natural selection?

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worldwide voyages

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list some observations from travels?

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  • organisms within geographic proximity are more similar
  • the planet is changing
  • fossils resemble individuals extinct to a region
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Darwin called his theory

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descent with modification

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decent with modifications explains

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  • all life is connected by a common ancestor

- descendants have accumulated adaptations

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define a theory…

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a widely accepted explanatory idea

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fossil record provides evidence for

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evolution

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3 characteristics of fossils

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  • imprints of past organisms
  • document differences between past and present organisms
  • reveals that many species are extinct
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in the late 1970s paleontologists thought whales arose from

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a wolf-like carnivore

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define homology

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similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes

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what reveals evolutionary relationships?

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structural and molecular homologies

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13
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DNA also shares

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evolutionary history

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define vestigial structures

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remnants of features that serve important functions in the organisms ancestor

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15
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define evolutionary tree

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branch diagram showing the evolutionary relationship among organisms

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define the nodes of an evolutionary tree

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represents the common ancestor

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define the hatch of an evolutionary tree

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the shared homologous structure

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18
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define a clade of an evolutionary tree.

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all organisms that share a common ancestor

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19
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Darwin proposed what as the mechanism of evolution?

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natural selection

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20
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What was Darwin’s greatest contribution to biology?

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his explanation of how life evolves

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21
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artificial selection shows insights into…

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how incremental change occurs

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22
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Difference between artificial selection and natural selection?

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artificial selection can bring change in a short period of time

natural selection modifies species over thousands of generations

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23
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What is heritable?

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natural variation in a population

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overtime favorable traits…

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accumulate in a population

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list the 3 key points to natural selection

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  1. the population, not the individual, evolves
  2. natural selection ONLY acts on heritable traits
  3. evolution is not goal directed
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evolution is AKA

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change in allele frequencies

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27
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What is an example of natural selection in action?

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  • the evolution of pesticide resistance in hundreds of insect species
  • human resistance to antibiotics
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give 2 examples of how natural selection can be observed in natural populations

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  1. Galapagos finches and drought

2. black snakes and invasive toads

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29
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evolutionary adaptation relies on the…

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available genetic material

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examples of available genetic material include?

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  • changes in allele frequencies through time

- varying population that fits the current and local environment

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What produces the genetic variation that makes evolution possible?

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mutation and sexual reproduction

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32
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Organisms typically show…

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individual variation

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33
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Define mutations…

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the ultimate source of genetic variation that serves as raw material for evolution

an alteration or change in DNA sequence

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In organisms that reproduce sexually, where does most of the genetic variation in that population come from?

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the unique recombination of alleles inherited by each individual

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35
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define a gene

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a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product

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define an allele

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alternate from of a gene

37
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many alleles form a gene and many genes form a

38
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mutation characteristics…

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  • can provide novel or improved gene function

- most often deleterious and quickly removed from a population

39
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what is an example of a mutation?

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garter snakes become resistant to the poison of frogs, but it cost them the agility of being able to move quickly

40
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3 ways that sexual reproduction contributes to genetic variation

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  1. crossing over
  2. independent assortment of alleles (in metaphase 1)
  3. random fertilization
41
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define synapsis

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pairing up of homologous chromosomes in meiotic prophase

42
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What occurs during synapsis?

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  • each pair of homologous chromosomes form a bivalent

- bivalents condense an form a tetrad

43
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chiasma forms during

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prophase I

44
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define crossing over

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nonsister chromatids exchange genetic material

45
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define terminalization

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centromeres attach to spindles and nuclear envelope breaks down

46
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what holds the nonsister chromatids together?

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terminal chiasmata

47
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during anaphase I

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  • homologous chromosomes separate

- nondisjunction may occur

48
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characteristic of telophase I

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reappearance of nuclear membrane and short interphase

49
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when does crossing over occur?

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during meiotic prophase

50
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What results in a great amount of genetic variability?

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crossing over

51
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formula for the number of unique gametes

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2^(# of paired chromosomes)

52
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define a population

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a group of individuals that live in the same area and interbreed

53
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define a gene pool

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all copies of every type of allele, at every locus, in all members of the population

54
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define microevolution

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a change in frequencies of alleles in a population’s gene pool and evolution occurring at a small scale

55
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what are Mendel’s postulates?

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  • genes exist in pairs
  • dominant/ recessive alleles
  • unit factors segregate independently
  • independent assortment
56
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what does the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium state that alleles and genotype frequencies will remain constant if…

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  • a population is infinitely large (no genetic drift can occur)
  • mating is random
  • no mutations
  • no gene flow
  • no natural selection
57
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What shows if a population is evolving?

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changes in allele frequencies

58
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define gene flow

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transfer of genetic material from one population to another

new alleles at different frequencies

59
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what equation holds true when a population is not evolving?

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p^2+2pq+q^2=1

60
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How do public health scientists use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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to estimate how many ppl are carry alleles for certain inherited diseases

61
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mechanisms of microevolution

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  • genetic drift
  • selection
  • gene flow
62
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define genetic drift

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changes in allele frequencies from chance alone (in small pop.)

63
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define selection

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changes in allele frequency from differential reproduction

64
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genetic drift is often caused by

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  • bottleneck effect

- founders affect

65
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define bottleneck effect

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loss of genetic diversity when a population is greatly reduced

66
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define founder’s effect

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when a few individuals colonize an island or other new habitat

67
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the bottleneck effect and founder effect are more pronounced in

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SMALL populations

68
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What is often a major consideration in endangered species?

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inbreeding depression

69
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define inbreeding depression

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negative effect of homozygosity on a population

70
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what is the ONLY evolutionary force that consistently leads to adaptive change in a population?

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natural selection

71
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what increases as a result of natural selection?

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favorable traits

72
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define relative fitness

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contribution one makes to the gene pool of the next generation, relative to the contributions of other individuals

73
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What are the 3 different types of selection?

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  1. directional
  2. stabilizing
  3. disruptive
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describe directional selection

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one spectrum of a phenotype has higher fitness than the other

75
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describe stabilizing selection

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lower fitness of extreme phenotypes

76
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describe diversifying selection

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extreme phenotypes are more extreme than intermediate ones

77
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define sexual selection

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a form of natural selection in which individuals with certain characteristics are more likely to secure a mate

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what are the 3 types of sexual selection?

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  1. INTRAsexual selection
  2. INTERsexual selection
  3. honest vs. dishonest signaling
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define intrasexual selection

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occurs when individuals compete directly with members of the same sex for mates

80
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intersexual selection

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selection in mate choice

-females being choosy in selecting their mates

81
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How do we contribute to the problem of antibiotic resistance?

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  • doctors overprescribing antibiotics
  • patients prematurely stop taking antibiotics
  • livestock producers add antibiotics to animal feed
82
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How does diploidy preserve variation?

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by “hiding” recessive alleles through balancing selection and heterozygous advantage

83
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when does balancing selection occur?

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when natural selection maintains stable frequencies of two or more phenotypic forms in a population

84
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Give an example of balancing selection

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side blotched lizards

85
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define heterozygote advantage

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heterozygous individuals have a greater reproductive success than either type of homozygote. Results that 2 or more alleles for a gene are maintained in the population

86
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examples of heterozygote advantage

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sickle cell gene and malaria

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