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Sickle cell anemia is due to an autosomal recessive trait. A man and woman are both carriers of the recessive allele. What is the probability that their first child will have sickle cell disease

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The probability that their first child will have sickle cell disease is 0.25.

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A man and a woman both are carriers of sickle cell anaemia.

The sickle cell anaemia genotype is ss whereas for producing normal haemoglobin, we have SS or Ss (Carrier).

When both man and woman are carriers, we have

Ss, Ss.

Thus, the probability that the couple would have a child that was also a carrier of sickle cell anemia is 0.25.

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