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 the mutant sickle cell allele is to malaria, to the normal sickle cell allele dominant recessive equal co-dominant

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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
the mutant sickle cell
allele is
to malaria,
to the normal sickle cell
allele
dominant
recessive
equal
co-dominant
Transcribed Image Text: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 the mutant sickle cell allele is to malaria, to the normal sickle cell allele dominant recessive equal co-dominant
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Step 1: Mechanism of resistance for malarial parasite affecting red blood cells in Sickle Cell anaemia

A person who is suffering from sickle cell anaemia or who is a carrier is considered to be resistant to malaria simply because  most of the red blood cells in these people are not fit enough for the survival of malarial parasite.The cells are sickled and easily gets damaged hence malarial parasite is unable to survive here.

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