Question

The image shows the cross between two parents who are carriers for sickle cell anemia, a recessive genetic disorder that affects the red

blood cells in humans. Both parents are considered to be dag
offspring affected with sickle cell anemia istendo
like them is
percent.
here. The probability that these parents will have an
percent. The probability that their offspring would also be a carrier

Answer 1

Both the parents are carriers of sickle cell anaemia. A carrier can be described as a person who carries a diseased causing allele but the allele is not functional in the body of the person due to the dominant allele suppressing its activity. Such kind of people might produce children actually having the disease.

In the above scenario, there is a 25% chance that the children born will be normal.

There is a 50 percent chance that the children born will be carriers, like the parents.

There is a 25% chance that the child born from these parents might have sickle cell anaemia.