Again, my examples of heterozygote advantage offer a useful illustration.

同样，我的杂合子示例提供了一个有用的说明。

Evolutionary biologists call this phenomenon heterozygote advantage.

进化生称这种现象为杂合子。

So heterozygote advantage can help explain why problematic versions of genes persist at high frequencies in certain populations.

因此杂合子以帮助解释为什么有问题的基因版本在某些人群中以高频率持续存在。

But the unusual prevalence of the Tay-Sachs mutation in Ashkenazi populations may be another example of heterozygote advantage.

但德系人群中 Tay-Sachs 突变的异常流行能是杂合子的另一个例子。

This idea that there can be circumstances in which heterozygotes are better off might sound familiar to some of you.

有些人能听起来很熟悉杂合子能在某些情况下过得更好的想法。

This phenomenon is called heterozygote advantage; and its unfortunate consequence is a high rate of sickle cell disease in people from those parts of the world.

该现象被称为杂合子；其伴随的不幸后果是这些地区有高比例的镰状细胞病患者。