Which is true about the genetic transmission of sickle cell disease?
a. Both parents must carry the sickle cell trait.
b. Both parents must have sickle cell disease.
c. One parent must have the sickle cell trait.
d. Sickle cell disease has no known pattern of inheritance.
A
Sickle cell disease has an autosomal recessive transmission pattern, which means that both parents must be carriers of the sickle cell trait. The sickle cell trait, not the disease itself, must be present in the parents for the child to have the disease.
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