#32 Since 6 fingers are dominant over 5 fingers, why don't most people have 6 fingers?

Character A has the best answer. A trait typically becomes more common if there is some advantage to organisms that have that trait. Answer C reflects a common idea among students that dominant alleles are somehow stronger. Answer B is irrelevant, and answer D brings up the erroneous, but very common, idea that mutations always have negative effects.

 

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