A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of her parents genotypes?

A. the father is heterozygous; the mother is normal

B. both parents are heterozyhous carriers

C. one parent has two ecessive alleles

D. the mother is heterozygous; the father is normal

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Sarahi Meyers

18 October, 17:56

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Zack Simmons · Answer 1

The answer would be B, because it would mean both parents passed the "s" down to their child from their sets of "Ss".

Ball · Answer 2

I think the answer is B

A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of her parents genotypes?A. the father is heterozygous; the mother is normalB. both parents are heterozyhous carriersC. one parent has two ecessive allelesD. the mother is heterozygous; the father is normal