The effect on the equilibrium sickle cell allele frequency of the probable protection conferred by malaria and sickle cell gene against other infectious diseases.

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If a mutated gene with heterozygous advantage against malaria, e.g., hemoglobin S (HbS) gene, is introduced in a small tribe, the gene (allele) frequency (fgene) increases until it reaches a steady state value (feq) where the total mortality from malaria and sickle cell disease is a minimum. This is a classic example of balanced-polymorphism named malaria hypothesis. In a previous in silico study, assuming...

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