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A. They work to limit the number of potential phenotypes.
B. They work to limit the amount of variation in a population.
C. They act to create genetic variability in a breeding population.
D. They act to reduce the overall fitness of a breeding population.
E. They increase the frequencies of deleterious genes.


Answer: C

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