Why are most genetic diseases caused by recessive alleles?

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Raman Mishra · Answer 1 · 2022-01-21T19:31:15+0000

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Recessive disease mutations are much more common than those that are harmful even in a single copy, because such "dominant" mutations are more easily eliminated by natural selection.

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