Which of the following would most quickly be eliminated by natural selection?

A) a harmful allele in an asexual, haploid population
B) a harmful recessive allele in a sexual, diploid population
C) a harmful recessive allele in a sexual, polyploid population
D) any harmful allele, regardless of the system of inheritance in a population


Answer: A

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