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julia-pushkina [17]
3 years ago
7

A woman who has sickle cell anemia passes this disease on to her offspring. This means that the mutation for sickle cell anemia

MUST occur in the woman’s
A) gametes. B) blood cells. C) somatic cells. D) reproductive organs.
Biology
2 answers:
SCORPION-xisa [38]3 years ago
7 0

I took this in K12, the answer is "A. Gametes"

Kobotan [32]3 years ago
6 0

The right option is; A) gametes

Gametes are reproductive cells (male (sperm) or female (eggs)) that contain only half the usual number of chromosomes and unite during sexual reproduction to produce a new cell (zygote). The mutation for sickle cell anemia occurs in the woman’s gamete (eggs) and this type of mutation is known as germline mutation; a mutation that occur in the germ (reproductive) cells and can be passed on to an organism’s offspring.

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