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People who carry an allele for normal haemoglobin and an allele for sickle cell are resistant to malaria. They are example of

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heterozygote advantage
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diploidy
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out breeding
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recessive superiority
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Solution

The correct option is A heterozygote advantage
Carriers of the sickle cell allele are resistant to malaria, because the parasites that cause this disease are killed inside sickle-shaped blood cells.

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