In humans, sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation in a hemoglobin gene. This mutation affects the red blood cell shape, but it also affects oxygen-carrying ability and resistance to malaria. This gene is best described as: incompletely dominant pleiotropic imprinted or epigenetic polygenic
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