Question

The heterozygous condition of sickle cell anemia results in resistance to malaria. If a homozygous normal father and a heterozygous mother have a child, what are the chances of that child being resistant to malaria but not having sickle cell anemia? A) 25% B) 50% C) 75% D) 100%

Answer 1

B) 50%
The reason for this is because if the mother and the father, one is infected, and the other not, then it would be a 50/50 chance. 

Answer 2

B)50%

Explaination:

The child receives 23 chromosomes from each parent because the child required 46 chromosomes. Each parent also gives genetic information to the child (DNA). Therefore, if one parent is sickly and the other is not, there is a 50/50 chance that the child could get sick or not.

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