Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Sickle-cell anemia can result in impaired blood circulation.
b. Individuals with sickle-cell anemia inherited an abnormal allele from each parent that causes the production of an altered form of hemoglobin.
c. People with sickle-cell trait are as severely affected as those with sickle-cell anemia.
d. The abnormal form of hemoglobin in people with sickle-cell anemia is called hemoglobin S.
e. The mutation that results in sickle-cell anemia affects the hemoglobin beta chain.
c
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