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Sickle cell anaemia is a/an

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Autosomal dominant inheritance
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X-linked recessive inheritance
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Autosomal recessive inheritance
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X-linked dominant inheritance
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The correct option is C Autosomal recessive inheritance
Sickle cell aneamia is autosomal recessive inheritance. The types of haemoglobin a person makes in the RBC depends on what haemoglobin genes are inherited from his or her parents. If one parent has sickle-cell aneamia (SS) and the other has sickle cell trait then there is a 50% chance of a child's having sickle-cell disease and a 50% chance of a child having sickle-cell trait.

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