Discuss whether you would expect the genes for sickle cell anemia to be Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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No - Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium only applies to alleles that have no selective pressures applied to them, in this bag the sickle cell has both positive (reducing incidence of malaria) and negative (sickle cell disease) selecting factor, and so cannot be said to be at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Source(s): Med School

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