5. When populations get very small, harmful alleles may be expressed in individuals more often because: individuals choose mates that are more like themselves. alleles which are harmful have no way of being selected out of the population. because related individuals have a higher likelihood of carrying the same alleles, so more recessive alleles will be expressed. All of these choices are true.
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
15. When populations get very small, harmful alleles may be expressed in individuals more often because:
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