Which of the following can maintain variation in a populatio

Which of the following can maintain variation in a population? (select all correct answers)

a. Frequency dependent selection

b. Directional selection

c. Homoplasy

d. Heterozygote advantage e. Selection coefficient less than 0.1

Solution

Answer:

a. Frequency dependent selection

d. Heterozygote advantage

Genetic variation within a population may be maintained by frequency-dependent selection, the accumulation of neutral alleles, sexual recombination, and by heterozygote advantage