Question

In order for a child to inherit a recessive genetic disease, like sickle cell anemia, healthy parents must both
A. have the disease
B. be homozygous for the mutated gene that causes the disease.
C. be carries of the mutated gene that causes the disease
D. have another offspring that have the disease
Is the answer C?
Ms. Sue
I agree.

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