Which of the Following Statements Is True

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Individuals who contract malaria are more likely to also develop sickle-cell anemia.
B) The sickle-cell allele is the result of a large deletion in the gene for hemoglobin.
C) The distribution of the sickle-cell allele is the same throughout the world.
D) Sickle-cell anemia is a dominantly inherited genetic disease.
E) Carriers of the sickle-cell allele are more resistant to malaria than non-carriers.