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Today, approximately one in 12 African Americans has sickle cell trait
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Who has a sickle cell trait?
No. Many people become confused with that because the Sickle Cell trait is most common in Africa where the population is more black than any other race.
How Common is the Sickle Cell?
Today, approximately one in 12 African Americans has sickle cell trait
What is the sickle cell trait of sickle cell anemia?
The sickle cell trait is that you dont have the whole thing you have half of it which is called the trait
Can you catch sickle cell trait from kissing?
no you can get sickle cell trait from kissing its not contagous
What is sickle cell in white people called?
Sickle Cell....... My son has been diagnosed with sickle cell trait. We are white and the doctors called it Sickle Cell Trait! hope this helps...
Which individuals have the greatest fitness in an area where malaria is common?
Individual homozygous for the sickle cell anemia allele
Is sickle cell anemia recessive or dominant?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease. Carriers have sickle cell trait, which confers resistance to malaria.
If Natasha has normal blood cell but marries someone who has sickle cell trace What are the chances of them having a child with sickle cell?
If a person does not carry the Sickle cell trait and they marry some one with the trait. The child that comes from that relationship can never have sickle cell disease, however that child has a chance of having the sickle trait.
How does sickle-cell trait differ from sickle-cell disease?
in sickle cell trait you don't actually have the disease. you are only able to pass the disease to your kids if you marry a person with sickle cell or that also has the trait. sickle cell disease is when you actually have the disease. you can pass it to your kids if you marry someone with the trait or the disease. if you marry someone without a trait or disease then your kids will most likely have the trait.
What is the genotype of a man who has sickle cell trait?
rr since sickle cell is a recessive trait.
How long are you expected to live with a sickle cell trait?
Sickle cell trait should have no problems and should have a normal life expectancy
what if the father has sickle trait, does that mean the baby will have it?
If one parent has sickle cell trait and the other parent has the normal type of hemoglobin, there is a 50% (1 in 2) chance with EACH pregnancy that the baby will be born with sickle cell trait.
