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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
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The reason why some mutations which are harmful do not get eliminated from gene pool is that:
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Correct option: B
They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals
Option B (They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals) is correct because recessive mutations can persist in a population if they are masked by dominant alleles in heterozygous carriers.
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