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Lab 44

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Q Question 1 1 / 1 pts (Q001) You are conducting a survey of human variation at the bus station. While conducting your survey, you meet a very large tour group of adult college students. The tour group has a high number of people who are carriers of the sickle-cell trait and a high number of people who are lactose tolerant. Why would a population have a high number of people who are carriers of the sickle-cell trait? (Consider factors such as economic practices, location in the world, and history.) Question 2 1 / 1 pts (Q002) Why would a population have a high number of adults who are lactose tolerant? (Consider factors such as economic practices, location in the world, and history.) Question 3 1 / 1 pts (Q003) Based on these adaptations, what can you suggest about the group's geographic or cultural background? (Be as specific as possible.) Question 4 1 / 1 pts (Q004) If you had data about only one of these traits (sickle-cell or lactose tolerance), how might your answer to Question 3 above be different?

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1.Your Answer: It is known that sickle cell most commonly occupies Africa. Africa is where Malaria is most prevalent as well. Sickle-Cell came along to protect against the malaria virus. That is why a population would have a high number of carriers.