Question

A woman who has sickle cell anemia passes this disease on to her offspring. This means the mutation for sickle cell anemia MUST occur in the woman’s:

Question 4 options:

gametes


blood cells


somatic cells


reproductive organs

Answer 1

gametes

Step-by-step explanation:

For any mutations to be passed down to offspring, they must occur or be present in the gametes. This is because gametes are the cells that fuse to make a zygote that develops into an organism. Somatic mutations are not transferable.