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Which of the following best describes sickle-cell anemia?
O Caused by environmental factors that an individual was exposed to during pregnancy.
O A hereditary genetic mutation that causes a resistance to malaria.
O An inherited disorder that increases the risk of contracting malaria from mosquitos.
O A genetic mutation that is inherited from a dominant allele of one parent.

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The answer is D - A genetic mutation that is inherited from a dominant allele of one parent.

Answer: The answer should be B "O A hereditary genetic mutation that causes a resistance to malaria."

Explanation:

I do FLVS also you can find this out in your lesson 3.04 on page 5.

It says, "Sickle-cell disease is a genetic disorder that gives red blood cells a crescent shape instead of the typical disk shape. Sickle cells are stiff and sticky. They tend to block blood flow in the blood vessels of the limbs and organs. Blocked blood flow can cause pain, serious infections, and organ damage. This genetic disease is recessive, meaning the allele must be inherited from both parents to be expressed in a person’s phenotype. It is caused by a mutation in the gene that produces hemoglobin, the blood’s principle oxygen-carrying protein. Sickle-cell disease occurs more commonly in people and descendants from tropical and subtropical regions where malaria is common. Scientists have discovered that individuals with just one allele for sickle-cell disease are not only healthy, but they actually have a high resistance for the parasite that causes malaria. This resistance gives the carriers of one sickle-cell allele a great advantage over malaria, which claims more than a million lives each year, and explains why the allele for this dangerous genetic disease survives to be passed down to future generations."

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