Describe why sickle cell disease is considered to be a recessive genetic disorder.

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Giancarlo Garcia

Biology

8 January, 22:45

Describe why sickle cell disease is considered to be a recessive genetic disorder.

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Bryson Mejia · Answer 1

Describe why sickle cell disease is considered to be a recessive genetic disorder. Sickle cell anemia is a molecular disease which has a genetic basis. It is inherited as a recessive genetic disorder as only individuals who are homozygous for the recessive allele are affected.