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damaskus [11]
3 years ago
8

What is a homozygous condition resulting in the formation of abnormal hemoglobin that distorts certain blood cells known as?

Biology
2 answers:
spin [16.1K]3 years ago
8 0

Answer: Sickle cell anemia

The formation of abnormal hemoglobin that distorts certain blood cells is a condition called sickle cell anemia. It has a crescent shape resembling to a sickle that makes it sticky, rigid, and prone to being trapped in small vessels that blocks the blood from reaching to different parts of the body. 

In addition, this is a genetic disease of the red blood cells with an autosomal recessive condition and you need to have two copies of the gene to have the disease.

 

Mazyrski [523]3 years ago
3 0
The answer is Sickle cell anemia. It is a condition that results in the formation of the abnormal hemoglobin. It is an inherited form in which the healthy red blood cells cannot carry enough oxygen all throughout one's body then.
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