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10 years ago
If a parent suffers from sickle cell anemia and the other parent carries it does that mean the child has a 100% chance of being a carrier of sickle cell anemia.

I've done a punnet square and  the result is a 100% chance but I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly.
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10 years ago
Individuals with one copy of the mutant gene display both normal and abnormal haemoglobin. This is an example of codominance.

     H  h
H HH Hh
H HH Hh

So, yes.
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