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9 July, 12:12

If two individuals who are heterozygous for the sickle-cell disease have children, their offspring: select one:

a. will all have the genotype hbs hba.

b. will have a one-quarter chance of being a sickle-cell-free homozygote.

c. will all be heterozygous for the sickle-cell disease.

d. will all have the sickle-cell disease.

e. none of the above is correct.

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  1. 9 July, 14:58
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    The correct answer is b. will have a one-quarter chance of being a sickle-cell-free homozygote.

    Sickle-cell disease is an autosomal recessive disease, which means that if two individuals who are heterozygous for the sickle-cell disease have child, there is a 25% chance of sickle-cell disease, 25% that the child will not carry any sickle-cell alleles, and 50% that it will have the heterozygous condition (will have an allele for disease).
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