Zoology - Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question with Solution | TestHub

Sickle cell anemia is an autosome linked recessive trait that can be transmitted from parents to the offspring when both the partners are carriers for the gene (or heterozygous). Sickle cell anemia is a disease that affects the hemoglobin molecule. An atypical hemoglobin molecule called hemoglobin S will be formed, which distorts the structure of red blood cells into a sickle or crescent shape.