EBK WHAT IS LIFE? A GUIDE TO BIOLOGY
EBK WHAT IS LIFE? A GUIDE TO BIOLOGY
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Author: PHELAN
Publisher: VST
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Chapter 16, Problem 5SA
Summary Introduction

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How natural selection “weeds-out” alleles that cause sickness and death early in life.

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Various diseases result from mutations in genes, and these can remain in the population if they are passed onto the next generation.

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