A person who is a heterozygote for G6PD deficiency is protected against

A) malaria.

B) diphtheria.

C) tuberculosis.

D) sickle cell disease.


A) malaria.

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In which of the following properties are the Archaea more like eukaryotes than the bacteria?

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