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Explain why the sickle-cell gene does not benefit anyone in theUnited States, but if may be very advantageous to someone living inrural Zambia, Africa.

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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that slightly alters the structure of hemoglobin the oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells This modified hemoglobin when not carrying oxygen tends to clump with other deoxygenated hemoglobin deforming red blood    See Answer
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