Heart disease has become a leading killer of both men and women in the United St
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Question
Heart disease has become a leading killer of both men and women in the United States. Why hasn’t natural selection eliminated heart disease from the human population?
Question 4 options:
Modern-day humans are no longer subject to natural selection
Heart disease does not have a strong heritable component
Heart disease does not strongly reduce reproductive success
All of these answers are correct
Genetic drift maintains heart disease in the population
Modern-day humans are no longer subject to natural selection
Heart disease does not have a strong heritable component
Heart disease does not strongly reduce reproductive success
All of these answers are correct
Genetic drift maintains heart disease in the population
Explanation / Answer
The answer is: Heart disease does not strongly reduce reproductive success.
Since heart disease is related to old age so generally people die of heart diseases after they have reproduced.