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Is there any thinking that if malaria were eradicated that sickle cell anemia would also die out?

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Is there any thinking that if malaria were eradicated that sickle cell anemia would also die out?

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That’s a good question. Presumably, if the selective advantage conferred by the sickle cell trait (malaria resistance) disappeared, then the selective disadvantage conferred because of the disease would dominate, and the trait would tend to vanish from the population.