Assignment
View the HMNI clip on the case of sickle-cell anemia in humans and respond to the questions bellow in a discussion post.
Youtube video- "Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia - HHMI BioInteractive Video"
Answer the following questions.
1.) What is sickle-cell anemia? Why is this disorder problematic for human survival and reproduction?
2.) What is malaria? Why is this problematic for human survival and reproduction?
3.) What genotype is the most beneficial if you live in a region where malaria is endemic (constantly present)?
4.) Describe how this is an example of mutation and natural selection in humans.
5.) Describe why sickle-cell anemia is not a 'racial' trait.
Make sure that your reponses are organized into complete sentences. You should exercise college-level writting skills with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. You should include reference to at least 2-3 academic resources throughout your discussion post response. Approved academic sources include the Larsen textbook, PowerPoint slides, academic journal articles from the library databases (not from google searchs), approved films and film clips. Please note that Wikipedia and other internet sources are NOT approved academic sources. You should include properly formatted intext citations whenevever referencing a source. The Owl Purdue site is a very useful site when learning to properly cite your sources. Just google Owl Purdue and it will come up.
APA format = (last name of the author(s) year of publication) Ex. (Larsen 2017)
MLA format = (last name of the author(s) page number) Ex. (Larsen 304)