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How do carriers/heterozygotes keep the lethal gene in population?

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Let's say the lethal gene is represented with l, and the normal gene is represented with L.

A person with Ll, a carrier, CAN produce offspring with the genotype ll (lethal) if they have children with another carrier. (a 25% chance lethal, 50% carrier, 25% perfectly normal)
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