Malaria is one of the human population's oldest diseases and greatest causes of death. The malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum has occurred in human populations for around 100,000 years. Because this disease is so devastating, humans have had to evolve adaptive traits to survive over the course of time.

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tete0068 · Answer

The sickle-cell anemia allele has been found in a population in some African and Southeast Asian populations. Individuals with the sickle cell allele have resistance to malaria. Some other red blood cell diseases also provide malaria resistance. The sickle cell disease increased in the malaria prone areas since

tete0068 · Answer

A)	it was developed to cure malaria	
B)	individuals with sickle cell die young	
C)	sickle cell and malaria have no connection	
D)	individuals with sickle cell live to reproduce

tete0068 · Answer

@Ashash146

tete0068 · Answer

c

ashash146 · Answer

My best guess would be A or C.

tete0068 · Answer

a

ashash146 · Answer

Let me read up on the diseases. I'll see if I can find out any information about it.

gottennis121 · Answer

I believe you are correct! If there was a connection between the two, the malaria would have been cured by scientists. A is not correct because there would have been a cure to malaria if so.

tete0068 · Answer

ok

ashash146 · Answer

"Despite the disease’s lethal symptoms, it protects the carrier from malaria, which is why sickle cell alleles are most common in people of African descent"