A person with sickle cell anemia and carriers of sickle cell anemia are more  resistant to malaria than a normal person. This means that for resistance to malaria, the mutant sickle cell allele is _____________ to the normal sickle cell allele     dominant     recessive     equal     co-dominant

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  1. A person with sickle cell anemia and carriers of sickle cell anemia are more  resistant to malaria than a normal person. This means that for resistance to malaria, the mutant sickle cell allele is _____________ to the normal sickle cell allele

       

    dominant

       

    recessive

       

    equal

       

    co-dominant

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