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What is the benefit of sickle cell anemia to Africans with malaria?

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What is the benefit of sickle cell anemia to Africans with malaria?

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Sickle Cell Anemia is a mutation to hemaglobin that is believed to have come about to prevent so many deaths during maleria epidemics. The maleria virus is not able to live in the red blood cell with the mutated hemaglobin because those cells are fragile, smaller, and have a shorter life span. This benefits the person with sickle cell trait because they will not get maleria.

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