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Hemoglobin S,the Variant Responsible for the Misshapen Red Blood Cells

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Hemoglobin S,the variant responsible for the misshapen red blood cells characteristic of the disease sickle-cell anemia,is potentially advantageous to heterozygotes because it confers some level of resistance to the disease _________.


A) rickets
B) AIDS
C) cyanosis
D) polycythemia
E) malaria

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