That's such an unfortunate genetic trait. There's a larger chance you get protected from malaria, but there's a lesser chance you also get sickle cell. Fucking brutal. Out of curiosity does having the allele twice provide stronger protection against malaria, the same level, less or none at all?
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That's such an unfortunate genetic trait. There's a larger chance you get protected from malaria, but there's a lesser chance you also get sickle cell. Fucking brutal. Out of curiosity does having the allele twice provide stronger protection against malaria, the same level, less or none at all?