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Chapter 14, Problem 15TYU
EVOLUTION CONNECTION Over the past half century, there has been a trend in the United States and other developed countries for people to marry and Start families later in life than did their parents and grandparents. What effects might this trend have on the incidence (frequency) of late-acting dominant lethal alleles in the population?
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