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If a man and woman are tested and found to be carriers of the sickle cell what is the probability that they will have a child that has sickle cell anemia

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Answer:

negative

Step-by-step explanation:

because most the time two positives make a negative

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Answer: If both parents have SCT, there is a 50% (or 1 in 2) chance that the child also will have SCT if the child inherits the sickle cell gene from one of the parents.

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