When two people who carry the sickle cell trait have a child together, every pregnancy carries a 25 percent chance that the child will be born with Sickle Cell Disease, a 50 percent chance the...
By Elias Tryphone & Dr Robhi Jeremiah
The choice a number presents
When two people who carry the sickle cell trait have a child together, every pregnancy carries a 25 percent chance that the child will be born with Sickle Cell Disease, a 50 percent chance the trait continues into the next generation, and a 25 percent chance the child carries nothing at all.
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