Balanced polymorphous.

Description

Case Study
From your course textbook In the Family: A Case Workbook to Accompany Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, read the case study provided in the following chapter:
• "Changing Allele Frequencies"
In a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document, create a work sheet by answering the Questions for Research and Discussion provided for the case study

The questions are:

QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION
• 7. Explain why the increased prevalence of sickle cell disease among African Americans actually has more to do with the environment than skin color or other phenotypes used to define races.

• 8. List other examples of balanced polymorphism.

• 9. Identify a population group with a high prevalence of sickle cell disease other than Africans.

• 10. List six genetic diseases that are more common among Ashkenazi Jews than among other population groups.

Sample Solution