Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease caused by and autosomal recessive gene if each parent carries one sickle cell allele what are the chances that their child will have sickle cell anemia?

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Silas Fox

Biology

21 June, 00:27

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease caused by and autosomal recessive gene if each parent carries one sickle cell allele what are the chances that their child will have sickle cell anemia?

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Kian Martin · Answer 1

the answer is not 25% its 50% on edge just took the quiz you're welcome

Selina Shelton · Answer 2

The answer is 25%. Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is a recessive trait. This means that a person would need to have gotten it from both of their parents.

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I did my best at doing a punnet square to show this. The one with ss would have SCA, Ss and SS would not have it.