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单词 sickle-cell trait
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Definition of sickle-cell trait in English:

sickle-cell trait

noun
mass noun
  • A relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle-cell anaemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal haemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To my surprise, I found remarkably high frequencies of sickle-cell trait carriers in tribes living close to the coast of Kenya and near Lake Victoria, whereas in the intervening highlands the frequencies were < 1%.
    • It has also been proposed that the prevalence of sickle-cell trait can influence the genetic structure of parasite populations.
    • In 1933, L.W. Diggs of Memphis demonstrated the existence of both the asymptomatic sickle-cell trait and the actual disease sickle-cell anemia.
 
 
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