The frequency of heterozygosity for the sickle cell anemia allele is unusually high, presumably because this reduces the frequency of malaria. Such a relationship is related to which of the following?

A) Mendel?s law of independent assortment
B) Mendel?s law of segregation
C) Darwin?s explanation of natural selection
D) Darwin?s observations of competition
E) The malarial parasite changing the allele


Answer: C) Darwin?s explanation of natural selection

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