Individuals who are ____ for sickle cell hemoglobin tend to be ____ resistant to falciparum malaria but do not experience the effects of sickled red blood cells.

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Individuals who are heterozygous for the sickle cell allele (carrying one copy of the sickle cell gene and one normal hemoglobin gene) have a resistance to malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum without suffering from the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease, which occurs in homozygous recessive individuals.

Individuals Who Are ____ for Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Tend to Be