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Under which of the following evolutionary explanations for disease does antagonistic pleiotropy fall?

a. Natural selection has not had time to catch up with environmental changes.
b. Natural selection lacks foresight; we are stuck with historically contingent relics of the past.
c. Natural selection favors reproductive success, even at the expense of vulnerability to disease.
d. Some disease symptoms, though unpleasant, are actually beneficial.

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