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This document discusses three examples of non-random evolutionary processes: antibiotic resistance in bacteria, industrial melanism in peppered moths, and sickle cell anemia in humans. It explains how mutations can confer selective advantages, such as antibiotic resistance allowing bacteria to survive treatment or dark coloration camouflaging moths from predators. It also describes how heterozygotes for sickle cell trait have a selective advantage in malaria-endemic regions by providing some protection agai

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