Daren has sickle-cell disease. Because of the disease, some of Daren's blood cells are long and thin instead of being disk-shaped. Daren's father also suffers from sickle-cell disease, but his mother and two sisters do not. This is an example how A. a person can choose which genes he or she will inherit. B. cells can be influenced by genetic factors. C. cells always repair damaged genes immediately. D. a person cannot survive if even one cell becomes damaged.

Answer: B cells can be influenced by genetic factors

Explanation: Daren has sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disorder is a kind of disease that affects the hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Hemoglobin, is a molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body. People with Sickle cell disorder have hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S, which distort the shape of the red blood cells. A normal red blood cell has a disc shape but people with sickle cell like Daren have their red blood cells and distorted into a sickle, or crescent, shape