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  1. Deleterious alleles can be maintained in a populationwhen carriers are protected against certain unrelated, but commondisease. This situation is described as:

    A) Genetic drift B) Heterozygote advantageC) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium D)Polymorphism E) Geneticadmixture

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Ans Option B Heterozygote Advantage Explanation There are certain examples of deleterious genes which are usually lethal in homozygous condition But when these genes are present in heterozygous condition this heterozygous alleles favours relatively higher fitness to individual than homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive For    See Answer
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