Describe one adaptation that varies across populations. It can be related to variation in population histories of infectious disease exposure, diet, or the environment in which the population lives. Explain the genetic basis for this adaptation. That is, what is the underlying genetic component and what is its function?
A population in this sub Saharan has an adaptation to the makarial disease as these malarial disease is higher in this population when compared to other population.
The adaptation has a genetic cause where the RBC are abnormally shaped due to faulty copies of specific genes for O2 carrying protein hemoglobin. This provides resistance to the individual by change in confrontation and co production causing the destruction of malarial microbe's .
They get immunity against these organisms and vecume adapted to malarial disease
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