3. Describe the effect of malaria on the frequency of the Hbs allele in areas where is common: in areas with malaria, which individual would survive better and leave more offspring-an individual with two HbA alleles or an individual with one HbA allele and one Hbs allele? Given this, would you expect the Hbs allele to be common or rare in populations living with malaria?

3. Describe the effect of malaria on the frequency of the Hbs allele in areas where is common: in areas with malaria, which individual would survive better and leave more offspring-an individual with two HbA alleles or an individual with one HbA allele and one Hbs allele? Given this, would you expect the Hbs allele to be common or rare in populations living with malaria?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter15: Animal Evolution

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