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From: carter@gatech.CSNET (Carter Bullard)
Newsgroups: net.motss,net.bio
Subject: Re: gay genes
Message-ID: <142@gatech.CSNET>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 17:11:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 23 17:11:40 1985
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References: <4086@allegra.UUCP> <1901@ut-sally.UUCP> <452@psivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: carter@gatech.UUCP (Carter Bullard)
Organization: School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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Summary: 

In article <452@psivax.UUCP> friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley friesen) writes:

>	Actually, the heterozygote(only one copy) sickle cell
>advantage is restricted to tropical Africa, and it is due to
>immunity to African Sleeping Sickness not malaria.
>

	Nope. Sickle cell does give immunological advantage against
	malaria.
-- 
Carter Bullard
School of Information and Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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