Second Parent Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in

Last updated: 4/10/2023

Second Parent Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which red blood cells become distorted and deprived of oxygen A person with two sickle cell genes will have the disease but a person with only one sickle cell gene will have a mild non fatal anemia called sickle cell trait Using S to represent a healthy gene and s the sickle cell gene the table shows the four possibilities for the children of two Ss parents Find the probability that these parents give birth to a child who has sickle cell trait S S Ss SS P child has sickle cell trait Type an integer or a simplified fraction First Parent S S SS SS