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Although sickle cell disease is severely debilitating and potentially fatal particularly in person who are homozygous for the mutation, the mutated allele frequency is relatively high and stable many tropical and subtropical areas. Could there be an advantage to the persons who carry the mutation and if so, what is it? Group of answer choices Sickle cell mutation changes the carrier's blood type and they become universal donors, in turn reducing the need for other blood types. Sickle cell anemia prevents individuals from contracting an even deadlier disease, malaria by making them completely immune to it There is no advantage in having the sickle cell disease mutation, The shortened lifespan of red blood cells of sickle cell anemia patients prevents the parasite responsible for malaria from fully maturing, reducing the severity of symptoms.