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Originally Posted by Nihilist_santa
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Look at the sickle cell example I mentioned earlier and another person has also brought up. The mutation is the sickle cell and the person has increased resistance to malaria but at the cost of decreased life expectancy. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] These are your beneficial mutations? |
It possibly is, if it occurs in a system where malaria is prevalent and there is a higher level of procreation from the organisms having the mutation than the ones without.