Question

Sickle cell anemia is a disease that causes the blood cells to be shaped like sickles instead of being circular. The table describes the phenotype of red blood cells when a particular genotype is present.
What type of inheritance is shown by the genes that control sickle cell anemia? Explain your response.

Answer 1

Answer:

The genes have a codominant pattern of inheritance because the heterozygous forms show both traits equally.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

If both parents have sickle cell anemia then the individual will be effected with

sickle cell anemia disease.

Explanation:

It is genetic disease which run in a famalies in an autosomal way.If one parent have sickle cell anemia and other dont then the pregnacy will have 25% of risk and if one Parent have a sickle cell anemia and other have sickle cell trait then the pregnancy will have 50% of chances to be effected.A person having sickle cell trait is that who is not effected with sickle cell anemia and dont have the symptoms of disease but in future if the other parent also have same trait then the pregnancy will be effected.Sickle cell anemia triat is having gene S while normal person have Beta gene.

This disease is common in african desents.