Anno Domini
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Why are black people with sickle cell trait (heterozygous) considered to be in selective advantage in some part of Africa?
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| Yulia
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Because heterozygous carriers of the sickle cell mutation are resistant to malarial infection but they do not develop sickle cell disease which is autosomal recessive.
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| Anno Domini
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Excelent !
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