Description: Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which the body makes red blood cells shape almost like a c. Sickle cell is inherited blood disorder characterized by defective hemoglobin. Normal red blood cells are shape as a circle with a hole in the middle. Sickle cells makes it hard to move thought unlike normal blood cells. Sickle is just one type of anemia. Anemia is a condition in which your blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells. Red blood cells are made in the spongy marrow inside the large bones of the body. Bone marrow is always making new red blood cells to replace old ones. That's just the same as thing sickle cell does.
What chromosomes are affected in sickle cell disease?
The 11Th pair of chromosomes contains a gene responsible for normal hemoglobin production.
Is it a mutation, lack of chromosome or extra chromosome? It is an extra chromosome.
Autosomal or sex linked? It is nethier autosomal or sex linked.
Recessive trait or dominant? It is a recessive trait.
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