A malaria outbreak causing allele frequencies to change is an example of

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Eliza Blankenship

12 July, 21:57

A malaria outbreak causing allele frequencies to change is an example of

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Ayla Sexton · Answer 1

This would be an example of a mutation, because the changing of allele frequencies would be a change within the gene itself, which would be a mutation in the DNA. This is evidenced by the fact that there is now a form of human resistance to malaria, due to changes within human DNA itself.