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In three to five sentences, explain why sickle cell disease became so prevalent in certain East African populations.

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Malaria is prevalent in the lowlands of East Africa, and so the sickle cell allele became common because it provided protection against malaria. As a result, sickle cell disease (individuals homozygous for the sickle cell allele) also became common.

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