Question

Sickle cell anemia, a recessive deadly blood cell disease, is much more common in tropical climates because carriers (heterozygotes) are resistant to a deadly parasitic disease carried by mosquitoes (malaria). Given this information which of the following scenarios is a possibility?

A. The widespread availability of any drug that protects a population from malaria will have the side effect of reducing deaths from sickle cell anemia over many generations.
B. Having malaria will begin to give immunity to sickle cell anemia as well.
C. Populations in areas where there are fewer mosquitoes will have more and more sickle cell anemia as time goes on.
D. Genetie drift will always be so strong in these populations that none of this selection will be impactful, even for extremely large populations.
E. Over many generations the mosquitses must develop sickle cell anemia too.

Answer 1

B. Having malaria will begin to give immunity to sickle cell anemia as well.

Step-by-step explanation:

Malaria is one of the common disease caused by mosquitoes. It is believed that sickle cell disease gets deadly when malaria happens to the person. Sickle cell disorder is the reduction in healthy red blood cells which can carry oxygen throughout the body.