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BIOL 1001 (090-095) Unit 4.2 Learning Quiz: Community ecology and disease

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Match the historical selection pressure with the secondary evolutionary outcome that resulted. 1: A mutation that provides resistance to malaria 2: A mutation that provides some resistance to tuberculosis 3: A CCR-5 cell receptor mutation that provides resistance to small pox

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The prompt asks you to match each historical selection pressure with its corresponding secondary evolutionary outcome. 1) 'A mutation that provides resistance to malaria' → The listed outcome says 'homozygotes for this mutant allele have sickle cell anemia.' This reflects the classic heterozygote advantage: carrying one sickle cell allele confers malaria resistance, while homozygosity leads to sickle cell disease. Thus, the stateme......Login to view full explanation

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