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0 pointsbaddox6y ago0 comments

Isn’t the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis also linked to malaria resistance?

Edit: apparently it might be linked to a resistance to cholera.

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I was taught (undergraduate genetics) that it was TB, but I see the relevant Wikipedia page also lists cholera, typhoid and diarrhea shrug

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0 pointsbaddox6y ago0 comments

Isn’t the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis also linked to malaria resistance?

Edit: apparently it might be linked to a resistance to cholera.

I was taught (undergraduate genetics) that it was TB, but I see the relevant Wikipedia page also lists cholera, typhoid and diarrhea shrug

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