Is the gene for sickle cell anima likely to be dominant or recessive

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Leilani Friedman

Chemistry

6 December, 17:05

Is the gene for sickle cell anima likely to be dominant or recessive

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Remington Matthews · Answer 1

Malaria resistance has a dominant inheritance pattern: just one copy of the sickle cell allele is enough to protect against infection. This is the very same allele that, in a recessive inheritance pattern, causes sickle-cell disease