Question 80

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
In those parts of equatorial Africa where the malaria parasite is most common,the sickle-cell allele constitutes 20% of the β hemoglobin alleles in the human gene pool.
-In the United States,the parasite that causes malaria is not present,but African-Americans whose ancestors were from equatorial Africa are present.What should be happening to the sickle-cell allele in the United States,and what should be happening to it in equatorial Africa?


A)stabilizing selection; disruptive selection
B)disruptive selection; stabilizing selection
C)disruptive selection; directional selection
D)directional selection; disruptive selection
E)directional selection; stabilizing selection

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