If a man and women are tested and found to be carriers of the sickle cell allele, what it the probability that they will have a child who has sickle cell anemia?

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Zachery Bernard

Biology

4 August, 05:43

If a man and women are tested and found to be carriers of the sickle cell allele, what it the probability that they will have a child who has sickle cell anemia?

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Jair · Answer 1

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If only one parent has sickle cell allele, then the child won't get sickle cell disease. However, if both parents have sickle cell allele, then the probability of their child having the disease is pretty high