Heterozygous advantage allows the harmful sickle cell allele…
Heterozygous advantage allows the harmful sickle cell allele to remain in the human population instead of being selected against. (That allele causes sickle cell disease.) Which of the following genotypes represents an individual that will not have sickle cell disease and also will will have a better chance of surviving if exposed to Malaria? H = the dominant sickle cell allele (not mutated) h = the recessive sickle cell allele (mutant allele that can cause sickle cell disease)
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