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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder where the body produces an abnormal hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Red blood cells are normally flexible and round, but when the hemoglobin is defective, blood cells take on a “sickle” or crescent shape. Sickle cell anemia is caused by mutations in a gene called HBB. 

It is an inherited blood disorder that occurs if both the maternal and paternal copies of the HBB gene are defective. In other words, if an individual receives just one copy of the defective HBB gene, either from mother or father, then the individual has no sickle cell anemia but has what is called “sickle cell trait”. People with sickle cell trait usually do not have any symptoms or problems but they can pass the mutated gene onto their children. 

There are three inheritance scenarios that can lead to a child having sickle cell anemia:

  • Both parents have sickle cell trait
  • One parent has sickle cell anemia and the other has sickle cell trait
  • Both parents have sickle cell anemia

(i) Sickle cell anemia is a/ an ____  disease. 

a. X linked 

b. autosomal dominant 

c. autosomal recessive 

d. Y linked

(ii) If both parents have sickle cell trait, then there is ____ of the child having sickle cell anemia. 

a. 25 % risk 

b. 50 % risk 

c. 75% risk 

d. No risk

(iii) If both parents have sickle cell trait, then there is ____ of the child having sickle cell trait. 

a. 25 % risk 

b. 50 % risk 

c. 75% risk 

d. No risk

(iv) If one parent has sickle cell anemia and the other has sickle cell trait, there is ____that their children will have sickle cell anemia and ____will have sickle cell trait.

a. 25 % risk, 75% risk 

b. 50 % risk, 50% risk 

c. 75% risk, 25% risk 

d. No risk

(v) 

The following statements are drawn as conclusions from the above data (Kenya). 

I. Patients with SCD (Sickle Cell Disease) are less likely to be infected with malaria.

II. Patients with SCD (Sickle Cell Disease) are more likely to be infected with malaria.

III. Over the years the percentage of people infected with malaria has been decreasing

IV. Year 2000 saw the largest percentage difference between malaria patients with and without SCD.

Choose from below the correct alternative. 

a. only I is true 

b. I and IV are true

c. III and II are true

d. I and III are true

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(i) c. autosomal recessive

(ii) a. 25 % risk 

(iii) b. 50 % risk 

(iv) b. 50 % risk, 50% risk 

(v) d. I and III are true

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