Question

Sickle cell disease is passed on from parent to offspring. Sickle cell disease is an ?
disease. Some carriers of the disease exhibit increased resistance to malarial parasites. This resistance is a /
mutation.

Answer 1

¬ SCA is a genetic diseasecaused by a mutation in a person's DNA. ... ¬ A person has SC trait when they have one copy of the sickle cell allele and one copy of a normal hemoglobin allele. A person with SC trait may have an advantage in certainenvironments because they may be resistant to malaria.